May 29, 200322 yr This was in the Trib today AL lowest % of swings missed 1. Eckstein 6.1 2. Vizquel 6.9 3. Molina 8.9 4. Hatteberg 9.2 5. Jimenez 9.2 6. Mueller 9.3 7. Suzuki 9.4 8. Hairiston 10.4 9. Crede 10.6 10. Catlanado 10.7 Highest % of swings missed 1. Phelps 33.9 2. Mohr 29.0 3. Giambi (Bos) 27.7 4. Jones (MN) 27.5 5. Rodriguez (TX) 26.7 NL Lowest % of swings missed 1. Castillo 5.4 2. Pierre 7.2 3. Alfonso 8.2 4. Palmeiro (STL) 8.6 5. Vina 9.1 6. Counsell 9.2 7. Young (MIL) 9.3 8. Roberts (LA) 10.0 9. Lofton 10.0 10. LoDuca 10.0 Higest % swing and missed 1. Sosa 40.2! 2. A Jones 33.1 3. LaRue 33.1 4. Hernandez (COL) 32.7 5. Thome 32.5
May 29, 200322 yr very surprised to see Crede up there, I think because he has the tendancy to swing at bad pitches down in the count. he either swings at the bad ones or lets the good ones go, which is why that is so high. he's looked better of late though. that is a really good stat.
May 29, 200322 yr Author very surprised to see Crede up there, I think because he has the tendancy to swing at bad pitches down in the count. he either swings at the bad ones or lets the good ones go, which is why that is so high. he's looked better of late though. that is a really good stat. I have noticed that Joe does foul off a lot of pitches. He seems to get down in the count and keep swinging.
May 29, 200322 yr yeah, he does foul off pitches, but I think when he does miss, they are on flat out bad pitches, which is something he'll avoid in time.
May 29, 200322 yr very surprised to see Crede up there, I think because he has the tendancy to swing at bad pitches down in the count. he either swings at the bad ones or lets the good ones go, which is why that is so high. he's looked better of late though. that is a really good stat. One thing that I really like about Crede is just how quick his hands are. If he could ever hone his eye, he'll be really good. Thats why I think he's going to be a stud. His discipline should improve and his hand eye coordination as well as power to all parts of the field is very impressive. We all know I love Jimenez's approach at the plate, so that wasn't shocking.
May 29, 200322 yr This stat is very misleading: from what I've seen, Joe has taken a season's worth of terrible swings this year in May alone...I'd rather have a guy who swings and misses twice and then delivers on 2-2 count than a guy who fouls off 5 ball-4s and then proceeds to weekly pop it up like Joe has done so many times. At least when you swing and miss, you give yourself a chance to stay alive with less than 2 strikes to say nothing of allowing the baserunner to steal a base even if you do go down swinging. No way Crede belongs in the same group as EEEchiro!, Jimenez, Mueller or Catalonato. Like I said, this stat is alomost useless by itself.
May 29, 200322 yr Without looking too closely my guess is the harder you swing the more misses you have. If you included all NL hitters regardless of at bats I'll bet some of those NL pitchers who bunt every time up would have a great stat. And which is worse looking at a called third strike or swing and a miss?
May 30, 200322 yr And which is worse looking at a called third strike or swing and a miss? Depends where the ball is I think.
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