Archive for the 'Batting' Category

Strikeouts. It’s always about strikeouts.

How did teams fare in 2019 when faced with the ultimate jam?

Baseball’s new numbers and the performance of athletes around the world can help us estimate how an elite woman player might perform.

We all know about the altitude, but what about the home field effect?

What might we learn about the sluggers who were so quick to reach home run milestones?

Do age and experience help players overcome their faults or simply reinforce old habits?

Most years, advanced statistics would argue that the batting champion really wasn’t.

How many major leaguers have managed to play their way home?

What effect did Quality of Pitch have on the home run spike in 2017?

What trends and consequences can be gleaned by reviewing umpires’ ball-strike calls from last season?