Started By
Message

re: Traditional cleanup hitters batting leadoff

Posted on 4/2/18 at 11:53 pm to
Posted by Mr. Hangover
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2003
34521 posts
Posted on 4/2/18 at 11:53 pm to
quote:

I'm guessing he'd get less than 20 extra plate appearances batting 1st compared to 3rd.


Here’s a pretty cool article about it
LINK


quote:

The graph below shows that for every spot a player drops in the lineup, they can expect to see about 0.10 or 0.11 fewer plate appearances per game. Over the course of a 162 game season that is about 16 plate appearances. Fall from second in the order to 7th, you’re looking at 80 less plate appearances.




This post was edited on 4/2/18 at 11:59 pm
first pageprev pagePage 1 of 1Next pagelast page
refresh

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitterInstagram