Sentences with phrase «by batting average»

My main argument against Perez is that his success this season is at least partially driven by batting average.

Not exact matches

Batting average is calculated by dividing the number of days (or months, quarters, etc.) in which the manager beats or matches the index by the total number of days (or months, quarters, etc.) in the period of question and multiplying that factor by 100.

THE BASEBALL FAN»S estimate of a player may range from a mental note in shorthand («That bum») to a string of batting averages and RBIs admiringly learned by heart.

The eight top home run hitters over the past five years — McGwire, Sosa, Albert Belle, Vinny Castilla, Juan Gonzalez, Ken Griffey Jr., Rafael Palmeiro and Mo Vaughn — have a combined career average of.107 against Martinez, with just one home run (by Gonzalez) in 84 times at bat.

It's also for the best for A-Rod, who had a decent enough start to the year outside of his batting average — his OPS was.705 on June 5 — but then saw everything else slip by the time mid-August rolled around.

Last year the Mets were the worst team in baseball by defensive efficiency -LRB-.667) and the worst team on batting average on balls in play -LRB-.322) while allowing more runs (863) than any team in franchise history except the infamous 1962 Mets.

Last season the slugger saw his batting average drop 35 points (from.348 to.313) and his home run production drop by 19 (from 44 to 25).

Still, Wells's lifetime numbers in the Bronx were staggering: 9 - 1, a 2.84 ERA and a.218 batting average by opponents.

As a result state - of - the - art aluminum bats can propel a ball considerably faster than 110 mph, whereas balls hit by wood bats average about 92 and rarely exceed 96.

The three - time NL batting champion is plagued by chronic injuries (right knee, left hand, neck) and was batting just.253 — 60 points below his career average.

-- Yesterday we posted an article which analyzes how luck — as defined by the sabermetric statistic BABIP (batting average for balls in play)-- has affected MLB betting markets.

It was in Bessemer that young Melvin began flabbergasting his elders by reading the papers, particularly the sports pages, and by reciting, at the slightest provocation, current batting averages, RBIs and ERAs of popular major league players.

Unlike hits or batting average, this one isn't really bound by era or league - wide run environments.

When Bolte worked in such a practice, he was horrified to find that the HMO actually generated «batting averages» — the average number of patients seen per hour by each physician — which the manager posted in a back office.

Rather than listing the individual records of every player, which can be found elsewhere, the Sourcebook offers batting and pitching averages listed by decade, age, and time - span (as in best five - year stretch, seven - year, etc.), just to mention a few of the many sections.

While I have a very high stock selection batting average (winners vs. losers), my batting average as it relates to being hired by institutional consultants is probably the lowest in the industry.

No word yet on just how deep these price cuts will be, but knowing the batting average of the Ars Technica mole, cash - strapped gamers should have plenty of choices by the time the leaves start turning.

Experiments at a site in Indiana in 2012 showed that feathering turbines when winds were slow reduced bat deaths by 30 percent on average.