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Point of Information

For whatever this is worth, strikeouts called (as opposed to strikeouts swinging) for Twins hitters in 2007:


Player SOc
Punto 20
Kubel 20
Cuddyer 15
Hunter 11
Morneau 10
Castillo 9
Mauer 9
Redmond 8
Tyner 8
Bartlett 6
Ford 5
Cirillo 3

This entry was posted by ubelmann on Friday, July 20th, 2007 at 10:20 pm and is filed under Guest Writers, MLB, Minnesota Twins, ubelmann. It is one of 821 entries by the author. We are no longer accepting Letters to the Editor on this post.

9 comments to Point of Information

  • Andrew
    July 21st, 2007 at 1:21 am

    Here's the same information as above presented as a percentage of the player's total strikeouts. I think it's interesting that the three highest K totals on the team - Cuddyer, Hunter, and Morneau - have 3 of the 4 lowest SOc rates. It would suggest to me that while they're striking out, they're at least {cliche}getting their hacks in. You can't hit the ball with your bat on your shoulder. {/cliche}

    Player SO SOc %
    Tyner 13 8 61.54%
    Redmond 19 8 42.11%
    Kubel 48 20 41.67%
    Punto 52 20 38.46%
    Castillo 24 9 37.50%
    Ford 18 5 27.78%
    Cirillo 11 3 27.27%
    Mauer 35 9 25.71%
    Cuddyer 66 15 22.73%
    Morneau 53 10 18.87%
    Hunter 62 11 17.74%
    Bartlett 45 6 13.33%
    • Andrew
      July 21st, 2007 at 1:23 am

      Gracias a los dios de HTML that the chart worked first time. Last time I had to go in and edit something, the whole site was in italics.

    • ubelmann
      July 21st, 2007 at 2:19 am

      Good work Andrew. By the time I'd compiled SOc from their individual baseball reference pages, I was too lazy to do something like this, which is certainly interesting.

      It would suggest to me that while they’re striking out, they’re at least {cliche}getting their hacks in. You can’t hit the ball with your bat on your shoulder. {/cliche}

      Cliche as it may be, I think that certainly colors fan opinions of some of the players on the list. It's probably also worth mentioning that league average SOc% is 26%.

    • Rhubarb_Runner
      July 21st, 2007 at 7:36 am

      I think SOc With Bases Loaded is the table we'd like to see.

      • brianS
        July 21st, 2007 at 12:06 pm

        of course, all of those numbers should be weighted by PA or outs.

        Jason Tyner has 8 SOc in 170 PA (4.7 pct). Michael Cuddyer, 15/394 (3.8 pct). So Tyner's SOc rate is (4.7-3.8)/3.8 = 23.7 pct higher than Cuddyer's as a share of PA. Bartlett, 6/339 (1.8 pct). etc.

        • ubelmann
          July 21st, 2007 at 2:44 pm

          of course, all of those numbers should be weighted by PA or outs.

          Depending on the question that you want to address. I think that aggregate totals can be useful when addressing how people perceive players on the team. Tyner might have the higher rate, but people have seen Cuddyer do it more often, so it's something they'll associate with Cuddyer much more readily than they'll associate it with Tyner.