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Sunday, September 20, 2009New Batted Ball ReportHey, there's a new Batted Ball Report available for the download crowd. This report focuses on the Win Shares leaders of the year, for your postseason award research. Plus, I've developed a little formula for determining the most "surprising" and "disappointing" players of the year. Guess who those were in 2009? It's all part of research for the 2010 Annual, which is available to everyone who subscribed to the Batted Ball Report. You can also purchase it directly from ACTA Sports. Offensive environments in the minors | part twoThe 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||