The official source for all-time player hitting stats, MLB home run leaders, batting average, OPS and stat leaders
The official source for player hitting stats, MLB home run leaders, batting average, OPS and stat leaders
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Baseball can’t run away from its lack of runs. Batting averages are near half-century lows. Velocity is at an all-time high. "Run scoring, it’s not easy to do. It’s hard and it’s getting harder,” Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli ...
Can he? We'll see, but one thing that jumps out about his early numbers is his .366 batting average, bloated even for him. His career mark is .307. So that would seem ripe for regression except that Trout's average on balls in play (.313) is 40 points below his career mark. In...
29 overall, and while it took some time for the pieces to fall into place in the minors, he now looks like a potential star on the rise. After hitting .189 with a .612 OPS in 87 games at Double-A in 2021, he took a massive step forward the following year, batting .263/....
Ohtani, 29, was brilliant during spring training with a .500 batting average and two homers, and he started the regular season with three hits in 10 at-bats in Korea. Ohtani’s first season hit turbulence recently when his translator Ippei Mizuhara was fired by the Dodgers last week amid ...
obvious fakes was needed. So MLB’s leaders decided to take action. A haul of fake goods from the FBI's Operation Bullpen, in 2000 :: Earl Cryer/ZUMA Press Behold, the authentication program. When it all began, in 2001, there was no blueprint for how, exactly, one would crack down...
4. The guide to the best game caller of them all: little-known 34-year-old Dodgers catcherA.J. Ellis A.J. Ellis, in a vacuum, is a below-average catcher. His career batting average is .240. His career OPS is .689. He's made 396 starts in eight seasons. The Dodgers, of course...
Below, we analyze all 30 teams’ leaders in average bat speed this season, among those with enough swings to qualify for our leaderboard. Note: All stats are up to date through Sunday's games. Everything to know about Statcast's new bat-tracking data Jump to: AL East | AL Central |...
1st Team -- Francisco Lindor (CLE):Lindor has only been in the Majors since 2015, but in his half-decade he's ascended to the top of the shortstop position and become one of the leaders of MLB's youth movement. The Indians' star has been an All-Star the last four seasons, with tw...