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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: identify7
Slugging to me, is hitting extra base hits. So - who has hit the most? |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: Al Crisafulli
Interesting concept. Had some time to kill at lunch, so I just looked at everyone in the 500 HR club. Only one had more than half of his hits for extra bases - McGwire. |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: Hal Lewis
Al beat me to it. |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: Hal Lewis
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: identify7
Yes, I found a lot of this exercise interesting, But the six triples does seem unusually low (for anyone with 1500+ hits). |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: Hal Lewis
Al beat me to it again. |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: Hal Lewis
I'm an idiot... |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: Hal Lewis
And YES... I just went back and read Al's post and saw that he had already done all of this work!!! |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: identify7
McGwire is the only one we have found with most of his hits for extra bases (52%). |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: Al Crisafulli
Sorry, Hal. |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
Singles.....1517 |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: identify7
It sure don't Ted. A .342 average + 47% of his hits are for extra bases. |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
GIL |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: identify7
And those hits, given his ratio, would yield 900 HRs for his career. |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: jay behrens
Mac's slugging becomes even less impressive when you break down the number. He was essentially a fly ball hitter. He was going to get a HR or nothing. He hit few doubles and I am sure that just about every triple was a fluke. I'm sure that like tim Wallach, Mac legged out a lot triples into doubles. |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: jay behrens
but then you have to play the "what if..." game Bonds' numbers too. So he isn't that far away and maybe surpasses him. I don't know for sure. Too lazy to run the numbers. |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: David Smith
But, then again, you also have to run Bonds numbers back the other way; i.e. if he DIDN'T use steroids. If he didn't, then some of those HR's would turn into doubles or outs. Not as fearsome a hitter, some of those intentional walks then become at bats and so on and so on. |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: jay behrens
Nice to see some people believe in guilty until proven innocent. What about Roger Clemens? He has shown a lot of classic signs of steroid use, yet you don't hear a peep from anyone about what he is doing. |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: BlackSoxFan
I find it ironic how people treat Aaron. Many many "best of all time" lists don't mention him in the top 5-10. That alone is a shame. What is even more surprising is this: Most people say Aaron was good...but look how long it took him, or what if he played in candlestick like mays, ... or blah blah blah... BUT Ripken and Gehrig are revered for their longevity and what about that porch otherwise known as RF in Yankee Stadium. Why is Aaron's a burden and the rest a blessing. Aaron was spectacular player, he could hit for average, hit for power, he could run, he could field, he could throw...he could do just about anything on the field. Anyone ever look at his WS performances? How about the 69 NLCS .... |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: Al Crisafulli
FWIW, I'd rank Aaron in the top 4-5 all-time. |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: Nick
He's nowhere near 1000 hits yet, but 285 of Adam Dunn's 553 hits have been for extra bases. That's 51.5%. |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: BlackSoxFan
Just b/c a player get more x-base hits than singles doesn't make him good.... |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: cmoking
I think the stats you guys may be interested in is "Isolated Power". I believe ISO = SLG - AVG |
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Slugging ain't hitting singles.
Posted By: BlackSoxFan
CMOKING: |
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