tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33122630.post233578882284895674..comments2023-12-09T06:26:54.710-05:00Comments on The Immaculate Inning: PCOW WinnerMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17746570756439422280noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33122630.post-63091979218722162352007-02-28T16:33:00.000-05:002007-02-28T16:33:00.000-05:00NOTE TO OUR READERS(all 5-10 of you)For whatever r...NOTE TO OUR READERS(all 5-10 of you)<BR/><BR/>For whatever reason, we've been flagged as a spam blog and cannot make new posts. This will hopefully be resolved soon.Xenodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16696236629576231752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33122630.post-30836650930162466942007-02-28T14:42:00.000-05:002007-02-28T14:42:00.000-05:00Brooks Robinson had a good run, and might be the b...Brooks Robinson had a good run, and might be the best <I>defensive</I> shortstop, but he also hit .267 and had half as many homers(268) as Schmidt. Although Robinson won 16 consecutive gold gloves, Schmidt was no slouch on defense and won 10 Gold Gloves of his own.<BR/><BR/>Killebrew did hit more homers(573), but his career batting average was a Todd Hollandsworth-esque .256 and had an extra 5 seasons to hit the additional 25 home runs. <BR/><BR/>He never won a gold glove and has the dubious honor of being one of only three non-batters who made the Hall without ever hitting .300 in a season(thanks Wikipedia trivia).Xenodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16696236629576231752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33122630.post-91699298960001626332007-02-28T09:35:00.000-05:002007-02-28T09:35:00.000-05:00So now you're flip-flopping and saying that a stri...So now you're flip-flopping and saying that a strikeout is a big deal?<BR/><BR/>For the sake of argument, I looked up the two-strike count data for Schmidt, Burrell, and Dunn. Unfortunately the per-count data is incomplete before the year 2000, and so it only has 191 of Schmidts 1600 games played. In that subset, he had 349 plate appearances with 2 strikes, and struck out in 121 of those (35%) and hit .218/.292/.506 including 24 home runs. So, curiously, Schmidt himself didn't seem to be going for contact when there were two strikes, since he hit a higher percentage of homeruns than any other kind of hit, in this sample.<BR/><BR/>Name PA K HR AVG/OBP/SLG<BR/>Burrell 2278 1017 73 .177/.287/.330<BR/>Dunn 1919 927 66 .151/.269/.306<BR/><BR/>Dunn and Burrell both normally strike out in about 1/4 of their plate appearances. Schmidt struck out in about 1/10 of his. So all three players exhibit a 25% increase in strikeouts when there are two strikes. Of course all players make an adjustment when there are two strikes, otherwise they wouldn't be in the major leagues. But anyone who doesn't want a Burrell or Dunn type player on their baseball team because of strikeouts is an idiot.<BR/><BR/>And Brooks Robinson and Harmon Killebrew were <B>both</B> much better third basemen than Schmidt.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17746570756439422280noreply@blogger.com