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After 10 games, some interesting LSU baseball statistics
Posted on 3/3/13 at 12:31 pm
Posted on 3/3/13 at 12:31 pm
Raph Rhymes leads in batting average (no surprise) at .421 (minimum 10 ab). Contrary to the belief that he only hits singles, Rhymes leads the team in hitting doubles with 4. With his team leading 16 hits to go along with his 6 walks, Rhymes also leads the team in on base % at .511.
Chris Sciambra & JaCoby Jones are tied for drawing the most walks with 9. Sciambra also leads in the number of times striking out with 9.
With 37 official at bats, freshman Mark Laird has struck out only once, which is the fewest for any player who has started all 10 games. He has walked 6 times which gives him, by FAR, the best walk to striking out ratio of any hitter who has started all 10 games.
As a team LSU's hitters have struck out 37 times in 343 at bats, or 11% of the time. Opponents have struck out against LSU pitching 90 times in 323 at bats, or 28% of the time.
Chris Sciambra & JaCoby Jones are tied for drawing the most walks with 9. Sciambra also leads in the number of times striking out with 9.
With 37 official at bats, freshman Mark Laird has struck out only once, which is the fewest for any player who has started all 10 games. He has walked 6 times which gives him, by FAR, the best walk to striking out ratio of any hitter who has started all 10 games.
As a team LSU's hitters have struck out 37 times in 343 at bats, or 11% of the time. Opponents have struck out against LSU pitching 90 times in 323 at bats, or 28% of the time.
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Posted on 3/3/13 at 12:33 pm to LSURussian
I can fap to this
Posted on 3/3/13 at 12:33 pm to LSURussian
We rule
Posted on 3/3/13 at 12:34 pm to LSURussian
This team is vastly improved over last year.. and last year's won the SEC. 
Posted on 3/3/13 at 12:35 pm to LSURussian
The biggest improvement I've seen this season over last is in one important area and can be tied to pretty much one particular player. Alex Bregman is our best offensive player when it comes to getting timely hits.
Last year pitching carried us as far as we went even though all we had were a shitload of complimentary bats. Now we have a guy to build around and it's coming together.
Last year pitching carried us as far as we went even though all we had were a shitload of complimentary bats. Now we have a guy to build around and it's coming together.
Posted on 3/3/13 at 12:35 pm to LSURussian
by comparison, last year we struck out 379 times in 2209 at bats, 17.2% of the time. Not exactly the same competition yet though...
Posted on 3/3/13 at 12:37 pm to ProjectP2294
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The biggest improvement I've seen this season over last is in one important area and can be tied to pretty much one particular player. Alex Bregman is our best offensive player when it comes to getting timely hits.
Posted on 3/3/13 at 12:37 pm to raisinbran
also, look at Eades's K;BB ratio change. Last year was 63:28. This year, he's already at 22:2. Vast improvement.
Posted on 3/3/13 at 12:37 pm to LSURussian
Sciambra has been pretty cold recently, hopefully he breaks out of his mini-slump. That being said, after watching every game, Laird might be a better leadoff guy than Sciambra. Would be interesting to see them switched up 1-2 in the order.
Posted on 3/3/13 at 12:38 pm to Doc Fenton
Great rebuttal Doc. How 'bout some substance?
Posted on 3/3/13 at 12:38 pm to ProjectP2294
Yeah, but even Ibarra at 3rd batting in the 9 hole (I think?) has been incredibly clutch.
Rhymes is clutch as always..
The leadoff position is solidified.. even if it did have to be Laird.. It's really such an improved lineup. Katz and Jones improving power. Such a great lineup.
The only guy I'd like see come around at the plate is Ross.. but I understand his value at catcher is unmatched. And yes Eades has stepped up. Really need him to be a solid #2.
Rhymes is clutch as always..
The leadoff position is solidified.. even if it did have to be Laird.. It's really such an improved lineup. Katz and Jones improving power. Such a great lineup.
The only guy I'd like see come around at the plate is Ross.. but I understand his value at catcher is unmatched. And yes Eades has stepped up. Really need him to be a solid #2.
This post was edited on 3/3/13 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 3/3/13 at 12:41 pm to ProjectP2294
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Great rebuttal Doc. How 'bout some substance?
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The correlation between past and current clutch performance is .01, with a standard deviation of .07. In other words, there isn't a significant ability in clutch hitting; if there were, the same players would be good clutch hitters every year.
Sorry.
This post was edited on 3/3/13 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 3/3/13 at 12:41 pm to beauchristopher
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The only guy I'd like see come around at the plate is Ross.. but I understand his value at catcher is unmatched. And yes Eades has stepped up. Really need him to be a solid #2.
I think Ross comes around, he was one of the guys we expected to be decent at the plate going into the year as he was last season. Right now, he is the only guy in the lineup really struggling, which is good IMO it's him and not a newcomer, because we know he can pull out of it.
Posted on 3/3/13 at 12:41 pm to ProjectP2294
I don't do much substantive analysis until we have some SEC-only stats to work with.
Posted on 3/3/13 at 12:41 pm to ProjectP2294
How do you measure "timely hits"?
Posted on 3/3/13 at 12:42 pm to beauchristopher
up and down the lineup we have guys who have been making hard contact, which shows
the only downside being that hitting into DP's
the only downside being that hitting into DP's
Posted on 3/3/13 at 12:42 pm to Jcorye1
Wait, I think your link might need to be fixed.
This post was edited on 3/3/13 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 3/3/13 at 12:44 pm to Jcorye1
Your "clutch hitting" link does not work.
Posted on 3/3/13 at 12:48 pm to Doc Fenton
The link didn't work.
But timely hits, IMO, would be w/ RISP, w/ two outs, to tie a game, to take a lead (especially in late innings).
I'm not a mathematician, so feel free to pull out stats you think will prove me wrong, but I won't give a shite.
I'm not saying nothing else has improved. Obviously JJones is finding his groove and seeing the ball well. Sciambra is the definition of what was being undervalued at the time Moneyball was written, seeing a lot of pitches and getting on base a lot. I'm just saying that it seems like any time we need a big hit, Bregman gets it. We didn't have one guy step up like that last year.
ETA: I mean 'one guy' in the sense that there wasn't necessarily a go to guy. Like Mahtook the year before.
But timely hits, IMO, would be w/ RISP, w/ two outs, to tie a game, to take a lead (especially in late innings).
I'm not a mathematician, so feel free to pull out stats you think will prove me wrong, but I won't give a shite.
I'm not saying nothing else has improved. Obviously JJones is finding his groove and seeing the ball well. Sciambra is the definition of what was being undervalued at the time Moneyball was written, seeing a lot of pitches and getting on base a lot. I'm just saying that it seems like any time we need a big hit, Bregman gets it. We didn't have one guy step up like that last year.
ETA: I mean 'one guy' in the sense that there wasn't necessarily a go to guy. Like Mahtook the year before.
This post was edited on 3/3/13 at 12:50 pm
Posted on 3/3/13 at 12:50 pm to ProjectP2294
I will say this much: even though we've only seen 9 games against subpar competition, LSU's lineup has exceeded my expectations so far, and that goes for much more than just one player.
On the flip side, the 3rd pitcher situation does actually appear more troublesome than I had previously thought, and maybe for the relief staff too. The staff is not as deep as I had hoped, and that might be a serious problem down the road.
I suppose a lot of people would be justified in giving me some "I told you so"'s, because I had assumed that a McCune or some freshman would be able to step up and be a solid Sunday starter, and now that looks like it won't happen.
Nothing to fret over too much though ... we'll just have to hope that Glenn or Bonvillain or Devall can grow into the role.
On the flip side, the 3rd pitcher situation does actually appear more troublesome than I had previously thought, and maybe for the relief staff too. The staff is not as deep as I had hoped, and that might be a serious problem down the road.
I suppose a lot of people would be justified in giving me some "I told you so"'s, because I had assumed that a McCune or some freshman would be able to step up and be a solid Sunday starter, and now that looks like it won't happen.
Nothing to fret over too much though ... we'll just have to hope that Glenn or Bonvillain or Devall can grow into the role.
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