October 10, 2007
Young Hitters
I wanted to follow up on this post from earlier today with a chart:
Average Age per Plate Appearance, 2007
| Team | Age per Plate Appearance |
|---|
| TB | 25.8968 |
| FLA | 26.5022 |
| ARI | 26.5158 |
| PIT | 27.112 |
| MIL | 27.4572 |
| ATL | 27.6806 |
| COL | 27.7553 |
| WSH | 27.8273 |
| KC | 27.9728 |
| CLE | 27.9881 |
| MIN | 28.4262 |
| LAA | 28.5734 |
| PHI | 28.6549 |
| OAK | 29.0148 |
| CHN | 29.3848 |
| TEX | 29.4023 |
| LAD | 29.6429 |
| CIN | 29.6638 |
| CHA | 29.7298 |
| SD | 29.8494 |
| SEA | 30.0295 |
| STL | 30.1486 |
| BOS | 30.1508 |
| BAL | 30.2778 |
| TOR | 30.4977 |
| NYN | 30.6759 |
| NYA | 30.71 |
| DET | 31.0024 |
| HOU | 31.4301 |
| SF | 32.938 |
As you can see, Colorado and Cleveland pretty much hit the sweet spot for getting their offense together at peak age. (Age calculation is based on seasonal age.) The Diamondbacks aren't quite there yet, which makes their success even more impressive.
what if you also factor in something like age per inning pitched? i think col and ari would be just as impressive.
Hey, and look who else is in the sweet spot, Was and KC.
Btw, this isn't a chart, it's a table.
