but he is still one of the best baseball players of all time. In his career, Gibson posted a batting average that rivaled the best hitters in MLB history (Ty Cobb, .366) and many of his peers believed hewas just as good as Babe Ruth. While Gibson’s numbers in the Negro Leagues a...
One of the best MLB stadiums when it opened in the 1990s, Progressive Field has fallen far behind the times in the two decades since. It’s also one of the smallest MLB stadiums, but in many ways, it also provides a more intimate setting in the lower bowl. We like seeing the view o...
Lots of options to choose from, but Berra edges out the likes of Bill Dickey, Thurman Munson and Jorge Posada.Yankees top 5 > AL Central Indians: Victor Martinez, 2002-09 Key fact: First and only Indians catcher to reach 100 homers and holds team’s highest batting average for catchers w...
That's because David Peterson, one of my least favorite pitchers in all of baseball, is taking the ball for New York. The left-hander continues to amaze, pitching around a .267 Expected Batting Average to a tidy 2.85 ERA. He's not striking guys out, he's walked almost 10% of the ...
With a team batting average of just .230 (worst in the AL and second worst in baseball) it really is a wonder that this team won the AL pennant. Ah, but the club'sweighted runs created plusmark was actually the third best in the AL. Why didn't anybody mention this at the time?!
MLB PLAYER PROPS FOR DODGERS VS YANKEES Will Smith has been the unluckiest man in this series, hitting just .100 despite posting a .319 Expected Batting Average and .645 Expected Slugging Percentage. Now, he'll step into a matchup with a guy who's been allowing plenty of fly balls and...
Alex Cobb found plenty of success pitching to contact with theAngelsandGiants, as he revitalized his career at age-33, but he’s gone backwards as quickly as he took a massive step forward with a .278 Expected Batting Average last year and a mark of .280 in just three outings amidst an...
The Braves currently have an Expected Batting Average (XBA) in the Top 10 but a Batting Average (BA) in the bottom 10. Something has to give, and if you read my how to bet on baseball primer, you know I put more weight into XBA. ...
He has a favorable matchup in this game, as St. Louis is 18th in the league in strikeouts per game (8.51) this season and ranks 29th in batting average against lefties (.217). Corbin has been knocked around in the last few seasons, but he has cleared this prop in 10 of his 17 ou...
But to start with, you should know that Easton is one of the best BBCOR bat manufacturers in the world. They come up with some of the most innovative designs to make batting one of the best part of the game. And as per the research, the Beast is absolutely one of the best bats th...