Thursday, August 26, 2021

Lou Boudreau: best season BB/SO ratio in AL or NL 1946-2021: 10.9. Boudreau has top 3 spots.

Photo of Lou Boudreau

Lou Boudreau

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: July 17, 1917 in Harvey, IL us






Boudreau was player/manager of the 1948 Cleveland Indians who defeated the Boston Braves in the World Series. Boudreau was AL MVP. Boudreau had a BB/SO ratio of almost 11 BB per SO: 98/9!

Note: Following the previous posts in this series and trying years 1903-2021 yielded a list almost exclusively before World War II and dominated by Joe Sewell, the career BB/SO champ, and Eddie Collins. I fiddled with a minimum ratio and finally settled on ratio BB/SO 3.3 for years 1946-2021. That's 3.3 BB for each SO. The result has 54 individual seasons, including duplicates for some batters.

In the Regular Season, from 1946 to 2021, Playing in the AL or NL, Qualified for league batting title, requiring Bases on Balls >= 3.3 × Strikeouts, sorted by greatest Bases on Balls.

https://stathead.com/tiny/Rev9p via https://www.baseball-reference.com/

The spreadsheet below and at this link includes the column BB/SO: greater than 1 means more BB than SO; less than 1 means more SO than BB.

baseball-reference.com had Mike Hargrove in 1981 "Qualified for league batting title". That was a short season and Hargrove had only 398 PA . His inclusion distorted the minimums for multiple columns, so Hargrove was moved down below all the other 53 seasons.

Sorted by career BB/SO; Rk is the rank in this group in BB:

RkPlayerBBSOBB/SOYearAgeTmLgGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBAOBPSLGOPSPlayer
16Lou Boudreau98910.889194830CLEAL15267656011619934618106.355.453.534.987Lou Boudreau
35Lou Boudreau70107.000194931CLEAL13456147553135203460.284.381.364.745Lou Boudreau
36Lou Boudreau67106.700194729CLEAL15062453879165453467.307.388.424.811Lou Boudreau
14Elmer Valo101166.313195231PHAAL12949538869109264547.281.432.407.839Elmer Valo
48Dale Mitchell5295.778195230CLEAL13457151161165263558.323.387.415.801Dale Mitchell
31Nellie Fox75135.769195729CHWAL155718619110196278661.317.403.415.818Nellie Fox
1Barry Bonds232415.659200439SFGNL14761737312913527345101.362.609.8121.422Barry Bonds
23Johnny Pesky84155.600195132BOSAL13157348093150206341.313.417.398.815Johnny Pesky
33Nellie Fox71135.462195931CHWAL15671762484191346270.306.381.389.770Nellie Fox
34George Kell71135.462194926DETAL13461352297179389359.343.425.467.892George Kell
15Johnny Pesky100195.263194930BOSAL148713604111185277269.306.408.384.792Johnny Pesky
44Billy Goodman57115.182195327BOSAL12858151473161335241.313.384.409.793Billy Goodman
7Ferris Fain133265.115195029PHAAL151658522831472541083.282.430.402.832Ferris Fain
9Luke Appling121245.042194942CHWAL14261949282148215558.301.439.394.833Luke Appling
42Nellie Fox59124.917196133CHWAL15969660667152115251.251.323.295.619Nellie Fox
45Yogi Berra55124.583195025NYYAL15165659711619230628124.322.383.533.915Yogi Berra
52Nellie Fox47114.273195830CHWAL15569862382187216049.300.357.353.710Nellie Fox
6Ted Williams136324.250195435BOSAL117526386931332312989.345.513.6351.148Ted Williams
49Nellie Fox51124.250195426CHWAL155706631111201248247.319.372.391.763Nellie Fox
2Barry Bonds198474.213200237SFGNL14361240311714931246110.370.582.7991.381Barry Bonds
46Dave Cash54134.154197628PHINL160727666921891412156.284.338.345.683Dave Cash
43Tommy Holmes58144.143194629BSNNL14964256880176356679.310.377.424.801Tommy Holmes
12Ferris Fain105264.038195231PHAAL14564853882176433259.327.438.429.867Ferris Fain
25Ferris Fain80204.000195130PHAAL11751242563146303657.344.451.471.921Ferris Fain
53Nellie Fox43113.909195123CHWAL147682604931893212455.313.372.426.798Nellie Fox
54Dale Mitchell43113.909194927CLEAL149685640812031623356.317.360.428.788Dale Mitchell
29Willard Marshall78203.900194928NYGNL141581499811531931270.307.401.429.830Willard Marshall
11Ferris Fain108283.857195332CHWAL12856444673114182652.256.405.345.750Ferris Fain
51Nellie Fox50133.846196032CHWAL150684605851752410259.289.351.372.723Nellie Fox
19Jim Gilliam96253.840195930LADNL14565555391156184334.282.387.345.732Jim Gilliam
40George Kell61163.813194724DETAL15266258875188295593.320.387.412.798George Kell
32Elmer Valo75203.750195130PHAAL12353044475134278755.302.412.446.858Elmer Valo
17Dixie Walker97263.731194736BRONL14863752977162313994.306.415.427.842Dixie Walker
24Elmer Valo82223.727195029PHAAL129542446621251651046.280.400.406.806Elmer Valo
10Elmer Valo119323.719194928PHAAL150680547861552712585.283.413.404.817Elmer Valo
8Wade Boggs125343.676198830BOSAL155719584128214456558.366.476.490.965Wade Boggs
30Mike Scioscia77213.667198526LADNL14152642947127263753.296.407.420.826Mike Scioscia
37George Kell66183.667195027DETAL1577246411142185668101.340.403.484.886George Kell
5Ted Williams156443.545194627BOSAL15067251414217637838123.342.497.6671.164Ted Williams
28Jim Gilliam78223.545195829LADNL14763655581145255243.261.352.335.687Jim Gilliam
22Johnny Groth95273.519195023DETAL157670566951733081285.306.407.451.858Johnny Groth
4Ted Williams162473.447194728BOSAL15669352812518140932114.343.499.6351.133Ted Williams
38Dick Culler62183.444194631BSNNL13455548270123153033.255.343.299.641Dick Culler
18Jim Gilliam96283.429196031LADNL15167055796138202540.248.359.318.677Jim Gilliam
50Billy Goodman51153.400195428BOSAL12755248971148254136.303.370.376.747Billy Goodman
21Mark Grace95283.393200036CHCNL143621510751434111182.280.394.429.824Mark Grace
39George Kell61183.389195128DETAL14767459892191363259.319.386.400.786George Kell
3Ted Williams162483.375194930BOSAL15573056615019439343159.343.490.6501.141Ted Williams
13Johnny Pesky104313.355195031BOSAL127605490112153226149.312.437.388.825Johnny Pesky
26Jackie Robinson80243.333195031BRONL144613518991703941481.328.423.500.923Jackie Robinson
27Stan Musial80243.333194726STLNL14967858711318330131995.312.398.504.902Stan Musial
47Dale Mitchell53163.313195129CLEAL134570510831482171162.290.358.424.782Dale Mitchell
20Stan Musial96293.310195231STLNL1546785781051944262191.336.432.538.970Stan Musial
RkPlayerBBSOBB/SOYearAgeTmLgGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBAOBPSLGOPSPlayer
min4393.31049537347109111033.248.323.295.619min
max2324810.889730666150218562346159.370.609.8121.422max
average89224.381635533911652961070.309.411.446.857average
41Mike Hargrove60163.750198131CLEAL9439832243102210249.317.424.401.825Mike Hargrove

BB and SO: 1903-2021 from the AL and NL and ONLY the AL and NL. Sunday, August 22, 2021

1950 is the most recent season when the combined AL and NL BB (Bases on Balls) exceeded their SO (Strike Outs).

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Most career BB in AL or NL: BB/SO ratio. Monday, August 23, 2021

The champ (BB/SO) is: Tris Speaker

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Most season BB in AL or NL: BB/SO ratio. And Buck Showalter Walks Barry Bonds With Bases Loaded. Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Joe DiMaggio 80 in 1950 (see below) (age 35); 33 SO. 1941: 76 BB, 13 SO: 5.846 ratio; 56 game hitting streak.

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2019 (most recent full season) most BB in AL or NL: BB/SO ratio. Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Buck Showalter intentionally walked Barry Bonds with the Bases Loaded in 1998 based on Buck's ignorance of the data. Wednesday, August 25, 2021

475 career home runs in AL or NL: BB/SO ratio. Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Ted Williams has the highest BB/SO ratio in this group.

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Joe Sewell: best career BB/SO ratio in AL or NL 1903-2021. 87% better than #2 Mickey Cochrane. Thursday, August 26, 2021

Shawon Dunston: worst career BB/SO ratio in AL or NL 1903-2021. And fewest BB for PA >= 5,000. Thursday, August 26, 2021

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