Friday, August 18, 2023

A Mendoza line for BABIP?

Here are the bottom 3 among qualifiers in batting average on balls in play in the NL this year. League avg is .298. Next lowest guy has .230. Lowest in AL is .253

Pete Alonso  0.199 (previous career low is .274)
Kyle Schwarber  0.193 (previous career low is .240)
Max Muncy  0.186 (previous career low is .227)

Those previous lows are for seasons with 400+ PAs.

Here are all the cases of guys with a .200 or lower BABIP with 400+ PAs. From Stathead (https://stathead.com/tiny/RR7U1)

Rk

Player

BABIP

Season

1

Ben Conroy

0.171

1890

2

Joe Gerhardt

0.176

1885

3

Willie Kirkland

0.185

1962

4

Max Muncy

0.186

2023

5

Milt Scott

0.187

1886

6

Jim Canavan

0.187

1892

7

Gus Triandos

0.19

1959

8

Roy Campanella

0.191

1954

9

Kyle Schwarber

0.193

2023

10

Jimmy Macullar

0.194

1884

11

Aaron Hill

0.196

2010

12

John Gochnaur

0.196

1902

13

Eddie Zimmerman

0.196

1911

14

Dal Maxvill

0.197

1969

15

Curt Blefary

0.198

1968

16

Pete Alonso

0.199

2023

17

Germany Smith

0.199

1890

18

Mike Muldoon

0.199

1886

19

Ted Simmons

0.2

1981

 

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