Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
November 02, 2003
Pitches Per Plate Appearance

Al Bethke has an interesting post on pitches per plate appearance over at Al's Ramblings. He constructs a lineup out of the best batters at working a pitcher, vs a lineup of the hitters who see the fewest pitchers when they come to bat. The selective hitters in aggregate have a 100 point better OPS.

I've watched this stat for a number of years. It's not a be all or an end all; there are good hitters who don't see that many pitches. There are poor hitters who are selective. But I think in general Al is correct that a lineup of selective hitters will do more damage, if for no other reason than they tire out the starter earlier.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:58 AM | Statistics | TrackBack (0)