Who's Hacking, Who's Not
by R.J. Anderson on Jun 3, 2008 12:10 PM EDT
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The top 20 that are swinging the most out of the strike zone:
| V. Guerrero | Angels | 45.57% |
| M. Olivo | Royals | 42.86% |
| Al. Ramirez | White Sox | 40.69% |
| Matt Diaz | Braves | 40.53% |
| B. Wood | Angels | 40.37% |
| Al. Soriano | Cubs | 39.31% |
| Da. Erstad | Astros | 39.19% |
| Tony Pena | Royals | 39.00% |
| Rajai Davis | Athletics | 38.60% |
| C. Barmes | Rockies | 38.50% |
| Ca. Gomez | Twins | 37.36% |
| Francoeur | Braves | 37.24% |
| W.Balentien | Mariners | 37.19% |
| Del. Young | Twins | 36.92% |
| Marlon Byrd | Rangers | 36.80% |
| Pierzynski | White Sox | 36.69% |
| Fr. Sanchez | Pirates | 36.39% |
| Erick Aybar | Angels | 36.19% |
| I. Rodriguez | Tigers | 36.07% |
And now the top 20 who are swinging the least out of the strike zone:
| Podsednik | Rockies | 9.84% |
| N. Johnson | Nationals | 10.03% |
| Ja. Giambi | Yankees | 10.82% |
| Joe Inglett | Blue Jays | 11.00% |
| Jack Cust | Athletics | 11.24% |
| R. Vazquez | Rangers | 11.45% |
| Fr. Thomas | Athletics | 11.85% |
| Gabe Gross | Rays | 12.60% |
| Ma. Scutaro | Blue Jays | 12.66% |
| Willie Harris | Nationals | 12.84% |
| Ja. Carroll | Indians | 12.87% |
| B. Abreu | Yankees | 13.01% |
| Ja. LaRue | Cardinals | 13.04% |
| B.J. Upton | Rays | 13.33% |
| L. Castillo | Mets | 13.35% |
| Jeff Salazar | Diamondbacks | 13.70% |
| Greg Norton | Braves | 13.74% |
| Daric Barton | Athletics | 13.82% |
| Mientkiewicz | Pirates | 13.92% |
| Ch. Jones | Braves | 14.03% |
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I just ran the numbers.
There is no correlation between these groups and OBP and BA. The correlation scores are all around or less than .10. And not to be AR, but the first list only has 19 players. It is interesting stuff to know. I wish I saw more White Sox in the second list.
Who has the biggest separation between swinging outside the zone and swinging inside the zone? Some of the free-swingers and the reserved folks may simply be people who swing at everything and/or swing at nothing…
http://mvn.com/mlb-stats
Conservative swingers (Z-SWING – O-SWING)
Jason LaRue
Matt Holliday
Chipper Jones
Moises Alou
Matthew Joyce
Dave Ross
Geoff Jenkins
Jose Cruz
Magglio Ordonez
Chris Iannetta
Ryan Spilborghs
Jason Giambi
Milton Bradley
Rob Mackowiak
Luke Scott
Dmitri Young
Ryan Doumit
Marcus Thames
Lance Berkman
Stephen Holm
Free swingers
Miguel Olivo
Jerry Hairston
Casey Blake
Damion Easley
Mark Grudzielanek
Travis Buck
Clint Barmes
Wil Nieves
Gabe Kapler
Chin-Lung Hu
Ben Francisco
Endy Chavez
Juan Pierre
David Eckstein
Tony Pena
Freddy Sanchez
Sean Rodriguez
Wladimir Balentien
Carlos Gomez
Rajai Davis
Darin Erstad
"I've seen many, many blue skies turn gray, but the sun will eventually return, and so will I. So will I." - Carlos Pena
by R.J. Anderson on Jun 4, 2008 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions
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