The major league batting average rose 16 points to .249 over the first 1 1/2 weeks of this season with new shift limits in place, while game time dropped 31 minutes to 2:38 in the first year of the pitch clock. The time is on track to be the lowest since
“Batting average was down a little bit. That’s not necessarily a good thing if you’re looking for action in the game,” baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said in late May. And the drop isn’t just in the big leagues. This year’s minor league batting average i...
The fact that Citi Field misses the top 10 in our MLB stadium rankings should simply tell you about the quality of ballparks around the country. Opened in 2009, risks were taken by implementing a more classic feel to the stadium but there is still an abundance of modern amenities that bala...
collegiate national team featuring several of this draft's top prospects in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging last summer. Why the Twins took him here: Culpepper was one of the most dynamic hitters in college baseball this season and only helped his draft sto...
That batting average is tops among players logging at least 40% of their games at the bat-only position in that span, and the only DHs with a higher OPS+ than Ramírez’s 121 mark in that span were all All-Stars: Yordan Alvarez, (179), Shohei Ohtani (163), Bryce Harper (146), J...
The 2024 MLB batting season stats per game for Paul Goldschmidt of the New York Yankees on ESPN. Includes full stats, per opponent, for regular and postseason.
Not only is Stanton MLB’s leader in average swing speed, but his margin at the top is so tremendous that it’s difficult to comprehend. Stanton’s average speed of 80.6 mph is 2.9 ahead of the second-place player, Oneil Cruz at 77.7. For the sake of comparison, that’s the same ...
Best batting average of all time: Top MLB hitters by career average, best BA in 2021 30. Cade Cavali, pitcher, Washington Nationals 31. Jasson Dominguez, outfielder, New York Yankees 32. Jordan Lawlar, shortstop, Arizona Diamondbacks
Statcast Game Logs Visuals Batting Pitching Statcast HittingStandard Stats Statcast Team Season PA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO BA OBP SLG WOBA WOBACON Pitches BattedBalls Barrels Barrel % Hard Hit % ExitVelocity LaunchAngle XBA XSLG XWOBA XWOBACON 2020 2,011 1,752 410 73 7 51 205 477 ....
Righties are hitting .248, up one point, leaving the overall batting average up six points. Runs per game have increased to 9.1 from 8.7 and steals per game to 1.4 from 1.0. Average attendance of 28,404 is up 8.1% from a similar time last year and on track to be the hig...