Friday, September 3, 2021

Juan Soto in 2021: only AL or NL batter with more BB than SO as of Sept. 1, 2021.

Photo of Juan Soto

Juan Soto

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left  •  Throws: Left

6-2224lb (188cm, 101kg)

Team: Washington Nationals (majors)

Born: October 251998 (Age: 22-313d) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic do






In the Regular Season, in 2021, Playing in the AL or NL, requiring Strikeouts >= 50 and Bases on Balls >= 50

Juan Soto of the Washington Nationals leads all AL and NL batters on the list of 48 in BB, BB/SO ratio, IBB, GDP, OBP. Soto is the one and only batter with more BB than SO. Soto is also the youngest at 22; oldest at 37: Votto, Gardner, Gurriel. The next two batters in BB/SO ratio, Grandal and Gurriel, could possibly finish the season with more BB than SO.

One other batter with at least 100 PA but too few BB and SO to make the list of 48 has more BB than SO:

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.

Sorted DESCENDING by BB/SO; worst is at the bottom.

PlayerBBSOBB/SOYearAgeTmLgGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIIBBHBPSHSFGDPSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSPosPlayer
Juan Soto105781.346202122WSNNL120509400881191612271141032176.298.442.508.950*9/HDJuan Soto
Yasmani Grandal6466.970202132CHWAL68268198484350184902131000.217.408.515.923*2/3DHYasmani Grandal
Yuli Gurriel5155.927202137HOUAL117498432661352801370240111011.313.382.468.849*3/D5Yuli Gurriel
Carlos Santana7283.867202135KCRAL12854146259103140176033041020.223.329.364.693*3D/HCarlos Santana
Yandy Díaz6073.822202129TBRAL10944437954971619444302701.256.360.375.735*35/HDYandy Díaz
Max Muncy7393.785202130LADNL11648239980104212307851000420.261.388.549.937*34/5HDMax Muncy
Freddie Freeman7191.780202131ATLNL13157249495145171287214502883.294.386.502.888*3Freddie Freeman
Jose Ramirez5571.775202128CLEAL121511446871152743184970311193.258.346.545.891*5D/HJose Ramirez
Matt Olson6888.773202127OAKAL12754345884126300328779081641.275.374.550.924*3/DMatt Olson
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.7294.766202122TORAL13156648798152211399675021741.312.405.6001.004*3D/5Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
DJ LeMahieu6282.756202132NYYAL1265755066913522195224031242.267.350.368.717435/HDDJ LeMahieu
Mookie Betts5472.750202128LADNL94423357729625319462804373.269.374.515.889*98/4HMookie Betts
Bryce Harper74102.725202128PHINL11147238979119321266395138122.306.420.5941.014*9/D3Bryce Harper
Jose Altuve5679.709202131HOUAL1195574928913421125683306742.272.347.472.818*4/HDJose Altuve
Jesse Winker5375.707202127CINNL10948142077129321247118001410.307.395.560.955*7/9HDJesse Winker
Josh Donaldson5986.686202135MINAL1064223545690190215922071900.254.358.486.844*5D/HJosh Donaldson
Carlos Correa6799.677202126HOUAL12252945587126291206923041400.277.371.477.847*6Carlos Correa
Robbie Grossman81123.659202131DETAL12955245671108183205827266154.237.356.421.77879/DHRobbie Grossman
Brett Gardner5179.646202137NYYAL11336029538631036260356130.214.330.329.658*87/HBrett Gardner
Andrew McCutchen69109.633202134PHINL116466387628615122641307961.222.339.437.776*7/HDAndrew McCutchen
Justin Turner5283.627202136LADNL123505437681231902171012041010.282.370.469.839*5/HD1Justin Turner
Tommy Pham69113.611202133SDPNL1284864096896182134024049136.235.348.384.732*7H8/D9Tommy Pham
Christian Yelich5895.611202129MILNL9137230860791618414303483.257.376.393.769*7/HD9Christian Yelich
Mark Canha61101.604202132OAKAL11350442075992041346022018122.236.361.395.756*789/D3HMark Canha
Manny Machado5390.589202128SDPNL12653046777128262238671098102.274.343.486.830*5/HDManny Machado
Enrique Hernandez5189.573202129BOSAL1124834197110830317510805310.258.346.465.81184/6HEnrique Hernandez
Bryan Reynolds57101.564202126PITNL1305344677313929421776802942.298.382.512.894*87/HDBryan Reynolds
Joey Gallo99176.563202127TOTAL126521418748412130665400660.201.359.450.809*97D/HJoey Gallo
C.J. Cron5293.559202131COLNL11443737257102211257721003810.274.375.538.913*3/HDC.J. Cron
Yoan Moncada71132.538202126CHWAL1205124326011423111541702532.264.375.398.773*5/DYoan Moncada
Joey Votto58109.532202137CINNL1054383725610118128844404710.272.372.551.923*3/DHJoey Votto
Myles Straw5198.520202126TOTAL12850744966120221443021411225.267.342.347.689*8/HMyles Straw
Austin Meadows55111.495202126TBRAL1215144486910527222933506432.234.321.451.7727D/H9Austin Meadows
Aaron Judge64130.492202129NYYAL11951244271132190307523031161.299.389.545.934*9D8/HAaron Judge
Jonathan India60123.488202124CINNL124513430811162421759119131293.270.381.454.834*4/HJonathan India
Jeimer Candelario54114.474202127DETAL12452246661127372104812001000.273.351.425.776*5/DJeimer Candelario
Paul Goldschmidt53112.473202133STLNL130560501741442722482120410100.287.355.493.848*3/DHPaul Goldschmidt
Giancarlo Stanton57124.460202131NYYAL11146340152109150257113021800.272.365.496.861*D9/H7Giancarlo Stanton
Nathaniel Lowe63139.453202125TEXAL12952745956120202146112031260.261.351.405.756*3/DH5Nathaniel Lowe
Rafael Devers52115.452202124BOSAL1295474868313434132975504945.276.349.547.897*5/DRafael Devers
Josh Rojas50115.435202127ARINL1154574025710929311391001573.271.351.440.7914967H/5Josh Rojas
Cesar Hernandez52122.426202131TOTAL12654949075111172215224031011.227.304.398.702*4/D6Cesar Hernandez
Shohei Ohtani69162.426202126LAAAL128524450881172554290113026228.260.361.618.979*D1/H97Shohei Ohtani
Marcus Semien53125.424202130TORAL13258652893141342337802038141.267.335.527.861*46/DMarcus Semien
Brandon Lowe61146.418202126TBRAL1255164448110325031784902261.232.335.498.833*4H7/9DBrandon Lowe
Chris Taylor57146.390202130LADNL12751945286122244196818025131.270.360.467.8278467/95HChris Taylor
Kyle Seager51135.378202133SEAAL1325544966210621131851304631.214.289.448.736*5/DHKyle Seager
Matt Chapman63167.377202128OAKAL1285274526610012323630408531.221.317.414.731*5/6HMatt Chapman
PlayerBBSOBB/SOYearAgeTmLgGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIIBBHBPSHSFGDPSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSPosPlayer
min5055.377202122682681983843504260000100.201.289.329.658min
max1051761.346202137132586528981523754297142251121228.313.442.6181.014max
average62106.61920212911950042971113222216635049620001average

Even Ohtani has a bad BB/SO ratio. Gallo leads in SO; SO in his only two full seasons: 196 and 207 (did not lead AL either season); may reach 200 SO again in 2021.

Two have OPS >= 1.000: Harper and Guerrero Jr.

Soto career: 334 BB, 337 SO.

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

Lou Boudreau: best season BB/SO ratio in AL or NL 1946-2021: 10.9. Boudreau has top 3 spots. Thursday, August 26, 2021

Tim Anderson: worst season BB/SO ratio in AL or NL 1903-2021: one BB for every 12.5 SO. Friday, August 27, 2021

Most season SO in AL or NL: worst BB/SO ratio. Chris Davis, come on down! Saturday, August 28, 2021

Most career SO in AL or NL: BB/SO ratio only 3 of 59 had more BB than SO: Bonds, Henderson, Mantle. Soriano worst. Saturday, August 28, 2021

BB/SO ratio for BB+SO >= 2500 AL or NL: 68 batters. Monday, August 30, 2021

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