February 11, 2009
Batting Ninth
TangoTiger posts a table of runs and RBI by lineup position and event (single, double, etc.). (Actual table here.) I think the runs column makes a very good case for batting your worst hitter eighth and a secondary leadoff man ninth.
Posted by David Pinto at
12:32 PM
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But, switching the 8th and 9th guys might remove the effect -- because new-9th will have fewer people to drive in batting after old-9th instead of 7th.
I mean, wouldn't the same logic support moving your 9th place hitter to clean-up, where his run participation would sky-rocket? And of course your clean-up guy is good enough to hit anywhere. The present arrangement may be run maximizing simply because it makes your worst hitter more valuable than he otherwise would be.
