Sunday, June 1, 2014

Mark Buehrle's Very Low HR%

He has allowed just 2 HRs while facing 299 batters this year. That is a rate of .66%. That is far lower than any other year of his career. Career is 2.64%

He has given up HRs on just 1.59% of his fly balls this year. The league average is 7.8%.  He has given up HRs on just 1.5% of his line drives this year. The league average is 3.9%. His career HR/FB rate is 8.6%. For line drives it is 2.1%.

Here is a time line chart which is followed by a table





Year
HR%
1999
0.019
2000
0.017
2000
0.022
2001
0.027
2002
0.025
2003
0.022
2004
0.032
2005
0.021
2006
0.041
2007
0.026
2008
0.024
2009
0.031
2010
0.019
2011
0.024
2012
0.031
2013
0.027
2014
0.007
 

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