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Top 5 HR/FB (minimum 400 PA):
2018
Christian Yelich 35%
J.D. Martinez 30%
Max Muncy 29%
Aaron Judge 29%
Joey Gallo 28%
2019
Miguel Sano 37%
Aaron Judge 35%
Christian Yelich 33%
Nelson Cruz 31%
Franmil Reyes 31%
Jan 15
Averages of all pitchers with at least 60 IP last year
BABIP .290
G/L/F 51/19/30
WAR 1.5
FIP 4.34
SIERA 4.27
FB 52%
FBv 93.1
HR/FB 15%
Hard 38%
IFFB 10%
LOB 74%
Jan 8
The preceding is silly. But this I think will be a valuable reference.
Averages of all hitters with at least 400 plate appearances last year
BABIP .305
G/L/F 42/22/36
WAR 2.4
Bat 7
Field 0
Run 0
HR/FB 16%
Pull 41%
Hard 40%
IFFB 7%
Averages aren't totally accurate -- the average batting average of the 207 hitters who had at least 400 PA is .266, their actual combined batting average is .268 -- but they are close enough.
Hitters who hit the ball hard more than 40 percent of the time (when they hit it at all) are hitting the ball harder than the average hitter.
Wait. I mean hard more often! The hitters who hit the ball hardest have the highest exit velocity, and that, alas, we don't show on the player pages.
Maybe next year.
Jan 7
Top 5 LD% (minimum 400 PA)
LD BABIP BA
Whit Merrifield 29% .350 .302Niko Goodrum 28% .338 .248
Cavan Biggio 28% .309 .234
Freddie Freeman 28% .318 .295
Aaron Judge 27% .360 .253
average 28% .335 .270
Bottom 5 LD% (minimum 400 PA)
LD BABIP BA
Willson Contreras 16% .314 .272
Nicky Lopez 16% .273 .240
Matt Chapman 16% .270 .249Albert Pujols 15% .238 .244
Andrelton Simmons 14% .277 .264
average 15% .274 .254
From which we conclude that hitting line drives is a good thing.
Jan 7
Extensive leaderboards relevant to us available in the Stats section. Top AL pitchers in $5x5, top NL hitters in 4x4, top mixed league hitters, using the formulas that out used for each league. Plus all the standard leaderboards. HR, SB, wins saves and so forth in 2019.
It's amazing how little changes, at least at the top, when you sort by AP4, PK5 and MF5.
Dec 16 '19