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Post by oedipustex on May 29, 2024 15:05:36 GMT -6
The MLB average going into today was .240, among the worst in history and 8 points behind last year.
Here are the BAs for the top Cardinals hitters by average normalized to a .260 league average.
Mason Wynn .334
Burley .311
Willllson .303
Herrera .299
Arenado .278
Donavan .265
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Post by WeeVikes on May 29, 2024 18:25:27 GMT -6
The MLB average going into today was .240, among the worst in history and 8 points behind last year. Here are the BAs for the top Cardinals hitters by average normalized to a .260 league average. Mason Wynn .334 Burley .311 Willllson .303 Herrera .299 Arenado .278 Donavan .265 Out of curiosity, how did you do the normalization? Thanks. |
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Post by oedipustex on May 29, 2024 18:35:53 GMT -6
The MLB average going into today was .240, among the worst in history and 8 points behind last year. Here are the BAs for the top Cardinals hitters by average normalized to a .260 league average. Mason Wynn .334 Burley .311 Willllson .303 Herrera .299 Arenado .278 Donavan .265 Out of curiosity, how did you do the normalization? Thanks. Simple first-order bell curve distribution. Was going to do 2nd order but don't have the time. |
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Post by WeeVikes on May 29, 2024 18:59:44 GMT -6
Out of curiosity, how did you do the normalization? Thanks. Simple first-order bell curve distribution. Was going to do 2nd order but don't have the time. Perfect! Thanks! |
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Post by UMRalum05 on May 29, 2024 20:18:02 GMT -6
Does anyone have a reason for this? Bigger strike zone? The pitch count?
My guess is the pitch count has to contribute. But hitters will adjust.
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Post by oedipustex on May 30, 2024 8:17:59 GMT -6
Does anyone have a reason for this? Bigger strike zone? The pitch count? My guess is the pitch count has to contribute. But hitters will adjust. The overall batting average in MLB has been generally in decline for over a decade. Mike Shannon used to talk about the strike zone, and Jimmy Edmonds has echoed that recently, being the main culprit. Both said, and I tend to agree with them, that if the umpires would call the strike zone as described in the rule book that there would be more hits, including fewer strikeouts and walks. That sounds like a more interesting game to me. The league batting average has finished below .240 only twice in baseball history: .239 in 1888 .239 in 1908 .237 in 1968 We are dangerously close to that territory. |
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Post by oedipustex on May 30, 2024 8:24:09 GMT -6
FYI
Referring to 1968, the low point of MLB batting averages, only 7 MLB qualifying players hit .300 that year, and only one in the AL (Yaz at .301). In 1908 there were 8.
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