Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
August 26, 2006
Halfway to DiMaggio

Willy Taveras picked up three more hits last night to extend his hit streak to 28 games. He's the last person with a chance of breaking DiMaggio's hit streak record this year. Taveras' batting record, with a low OBA relative to his batting average, makes him the type of player likely to go on a long hit streak. With a low number of walks, Taveras gets more ball put into play, so there's more of a chance that any one plate appearance ends in a hit. DiMaggio was like this relative to Ted Williams. Ted was the better offensive players, but Joe was more likely to get a hit when he came to the plate. That's why Joe holds the hit streak record, but Ted holds the mark for consecutive games reaching base.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:23 AM | Hit Streaks | TrackBack (0)
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