BB to SO ratio for batters; Mickey Mantle and Hank Aaron almost dead even.

How frequently do home run hitters hit home runs? Thursday, June 23, 2016

HR as a percent of Hits: Mark McGwire 35.9%

AB/HR (lower is better): Mark McGwire 10.6

PA/HR: Mark McGwire 13.0

Percent of non SO outs: Mel Ott 86.4%
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SO to BB ratio steadily climbing and higher than ever. Sunday, May 29, 2016

National League (Conference) data is used so that years prior to the American League using the designated hitter (DH) can be compared to recent years..

... more BB than SO, in 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929... The ratio reached two (twice as many SO as BB) in 1963. Sandy Koufax probably caused the initial increase but he retired after 1966...

... Koufax had favorable conditions for SO...

The SO to BB ratio increased substantially starting in 2010 when testing for PED increased. Pitches are faster than ever and apparently pitchers are not afraid to throw strikes...

BB% has never reached 10%. SO% reached 10% in 1948, dipped below in 1949 but never again. milestones:
16% in 1963
18% in 1997

SO/BB:
2014: 2.77
2015: 2.73

2015:
SO%: 21.37
BB%: 7.83
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Strike Outs to Walks Ratio ... for Batters! Sunday, March 29, 2009

If the strike outs to walks ratio provides useful information about pitchers, why not for batters? For good batters, maybe it should be reversed: the walks to strike outs ratio.

In a previous post I recommended that pitchers be examined on OPS+, a tool to evaluate batters.

To view database work for walks to strike outs ratio for batters click this link:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pUaBnw1vjE8Txd_5cUpEjKw

BB/SO:
Hank Aaron: 1.0137
Mickey Mantle: 1.0135

HoF:

First	Last	POS	BB	SO	BB/SO	debut	finalGame
Frank	Chance	1B	554	29	19.1034	4/29/1898	4/21/1914
Jimmy	Collins	3B	426	32	13.3125	4/19/1895	8/29/1908
Bobby	Wallace	SS	774	79	9.7975	9/15/1894	9/2/1918
Joe	Sewell	SS	842	114	7.3860	9/10/1920	9/24/1933
Sam	Crawford	OF	760	104	7.3077	9/10/1899	9/16/1917
Roger	Bresnahan	C	714	99	7.2121	8/27/1897	10/3/1915

Hank	Aaron	OF	1,402	1,383	1.0137	4/13/1954	10/3/1976
Mickey	Mantle	OF	1,733	1,710	1.0135	4/17/1951	9/28/1968

Tops since 1903:

First	Last	Start	End	BB	SO	BB/SO	AB
Joe	Sewell	1920	1933	842	114	7.3860	7,132
Tris	Speaker	1907	1928	1,381	220	6.2773	10,195
Al	Bridwell	1905	1915	557	98	5.6837	4,169
Art	Devlin	1904	1913	576	105	5.4857	4,412
John	Titus	1903	1913	620	116	5.3448	4,960
Eddie	Collins	1906	1930	1,499	286	5.2413	9,949
Mickey	Cochrane	1925	1937	857	217	3.9493	5,169
Tommy	Holmes	1942	1952	480	122	3.9344	4,992
Roy	Hartzell	1906	1916	455	118	3.8559	4,548
Ty	Cobb	1905	1928	1,249	357	3.4986	11,434

Botton since 1903:

First	Last	Start	End	BB	SO	BB/SO	AB
Shawon	Dunston	1985	2002	203	1,000	.2030	5,927
Tony	Armas	1976	1989	260	1,201	.2165	5,164
Mariano	Duncan	1985	1997	201	913	.2202	4,677
Alex	Gonzalez	1998	2007	216	814	.2654	4,002
Luis	Salazar	1980	1992	179	653	.2741	4,101
Jose	Hernandez	1991	2006	384	1,391	.2761	4,618
Alfonso	Soriano	1999	2008	298	1,069	.2788	4,934
Pete	Incaviglia	1986	1998	360	1,277	.2819	4,233
Jose	Guillen	1997	2008	267	940	.2840	5,083
Andres	Galarraga	1985	2004	583	2,003	.2911	8,096

Tops since 1946:

First	Last	Start	End	BB	SO	BB/SO	AB
Nellie	Fox	1947	1965	719	216	3.3287	9,232
Jackie	Robinson	1947	1956	740	291	2.5430	4,877
Jim	Gilliam	1953	1966	1,036	416	2.4904	7,119
Richie	Ashburn	1948	1962	1,198	571	2.0981	8,365
Billy	Goodman	1947	1962	669	329	2.0334	5,644
Johnny	Temple	1952	1964	648	338	1.9172	5,218
Wade	Boggs	1982	1999	1,412	745	1.8953	9,180
Mike	Scioscia	1980	1992	567	307	1.8469	4,373
Willie	Randolph	1975	1992	1,243	675	1.8415	8,018
Joe	Morgan	1963	1984	1,865	1,015	1.8374	9,277
Tony	Gwynn	1982	2001	790	434	1.8203	9,288
Ozzie	Smith	1978	1996	1,072	589	1.8200	9,396

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