Sunday, September 20, 2009
Offensive environments in the minors | part two
Posted by Alex PediciniThe other day I looked at the run scoring environments in Triple-A and Double-A and today I will continue with the lower levels of the minors.
Advanced-A
California League- .270/.341/.416
Runs-5.114
2B- 1.914
3B- .350
HR- .806
BB- 3.295
K- 7.915
SB- .850
Carolina League- .256/.329/.383
Runs- 4.458
2B- 1.772
3B- .198
HR- .664
BB- 3.022
K- 6.973
SB- .941
Florida State League- .252/.329/.363
Runs- 3.927
2B- 1.538
3B- .261
HR- .518
BB- 3.022
K- 6.973
SB- .926
Class-A
Midwest League- .255/.329/.373
Runs- 4.542
2B- 1.719
3B- .278
HR- .549
BB- 3.263
K- 7.599
SB- .989
South Atlantic League- .254/.323/.368
Runs- 4.356
2B- 1.682
3B- .252
HR- .530
BB- 2.955
K- 7.724
SB- .978
Class-A Short Season
New York-Penn League- .245/.320/.350
Runs- 4.164
2B- 1.567
3B- .331
HR- .410
BB- 3.213
K- 7.674
SB- .959
Northwest League- .264/.342/.380
Runs- 5.031
2B- 1.724
3B- .250
HR- .586
BB- 3.502
K- 7.811
SB- .980
Rookie
Appalachian League- .257/.328/.383
Runs- 4.784
2B- 1.717
3B- .283
HR- .650
BB- 3.057
K- 7.921
SB- 1.106
Arizona Summer League- .263/.338/.378
Runs- 5.485
2B- 1.678
3B- .498
HR- .450
BB- 3.399
K- 8.979
SB- 1.490
Dominican Summer League- .241/.339/.329
Runs- 5.016
2B- 1.382
3B- .340
HR- .284
BB- 4.099
K- 7.486
SB- 1.498
Gulf Coast League- .238/.316/.335
Runs- 4.088
2B- 1.561
3B- .282
HR- .333
BB- 3.132
K- 7.420
SB- 1.057
Pioneer League- .273/.345/.408
Runs- 5.368
2B- 1.897
3B- .339
HR- .685
BB- 3.396
K- 7.921
SB- 1.106
Venezuelan Summer League- .265/.345/.381
Runs- 5.084
2B- 1.683
3B- .296
HR- .543
BB- 3.337
K- 6.593
SB- .920
As you can see from the numbers the California League has significantly more offense than any other league. This is important to consider when comparing prospects across different leagues.
Alex is a student in Boston. He welcomes all questions and comments here