Tuesday’s six-pack
Home favorites/Home underdogs in every college football conference:
AAC: HF: 8-9, HU: 6-6, H: 14-15, F: 14-15
ACC: HF: 10-13, HU: 7-7, H: 17-20, F: 17-20
Big 14: HF: 9-8, HU: 7-4, H: 18-23, F: 18-23
Big X: HF: 8-9, HU: 6-6, H: 16-12, F: 13-16
C-USA: HF: 7-13, HU: 7-6, H: 14-19, F: 13-20
MAC: HF: 6-13, HU: 5-9, H: 11-22, F: 15-18
MW: HF: 8-11, HU: 7-4, H: 15-15, F: 12-18
Pac-12: HF: 13-9, HU: 9-5, H: 22-14, F: 18-17
SEC: HF: 12-6, HU: 11-6, H: 22-14, F: 18-17
SBC: HF: 6-9, HU: 5-5, H: 11-14, F: 11-14
Tuesday’s List of 13: Happy Election Day, people…….
I had originally set today aside for some thoughts on our Presidential election, but then it dawned on me that no one gives a rat’s ass what I think about politics, so instead……some baseball knowledge to ponder, as we head into the offseason………
(Quick reminder that college basketball starts Friday and WE LOVE college hoop here at ***************. So keep logging in every day)
This information is courtesy of the great Bill James Baseball Handbook, which came in the mail last week:
13) Amount of defensive shifts in 2014: 13,299. In 2016: 28,074.
Curious to see what next year brings, as far as shifting goes. More? Less? The same? Will hitters bunt more to beat the shift?
Orioles, Blue Jays were only teams who shifted less this year than they did in 2015.
12) Most hits lost to the shift in 2016: Granderson 24, Kendrys Morales 21, Ortiz 17, Ryan Howard 16
11) Lead-changing RBI’s: Abreu/Yelich 42 each, Longoria/Pujols 41
10) Highest swing/miss %age (minimum 1,500 pitches): Chris Carter 37.3%, Nieuwenhuis 36.6, Chris Davis 35.7, Stanton 34.7
9) Highest swing at first pitch %age: Tomas 49.0%, Adam Jones 44.5, Corey Seager 42.5, Schoop 41.0.
8) Lowest swing at first pitch %age: Mauer 7.0%, Blackmon/Prado 7.9, Granderson 8.3.
7) Opponents’ batting average: Arrieta .194, Scherzer .199, Estrada .203, Verlander/Hendricks .207.
6) No-decisions: Odorizzi 17, Pineda 14, Sanchez-Stroman-Tanaka-Volquez-Teheran, all 13.
5) Home runs allowed: Weaver 37, Tomlin 36, Kennedy/Santiago 33.
4) Pitches per start: Verlander 107.9, Sale 107.7, Bumgarner 105.0, Scherzer 104.8.
3) Pitches per batter: Garcia 3.48, Leake 3.51, Iwakuma 3.57, Perez-Tomlin-Graveman 3.60.
2) Run support (min 162 IP): Porcello 7.63, Happ 6.88, Arrieta 6.84, Price 6.61
1— Stolen bases allowed: Syndergaard 48, Nelson 31, Lester 28, Jimenez 26.
Home favorites/Home underdogs in every college football conference:
AAC: HF: 8-9, HU: 6-6, H: 14-15, F: 14-15
ACC: HF: 10-13, HU: 7-7, H: 17-20, F: 17-20
Big 14: HF: 9-8, HU: 7-4, H: 18-23, F: 18-23
Big X: HF: 8-9, HU: 6-6, H: 16-12, F: 13-16
C-USA: HF: 7-13, HU: 7-6, H: 14-19, F: 13-20
MAC: HF: 6-13, HU: 5-9, H: 11-22, F: 15-18
MW: HF: 8-11, HU: 7-4, H: 15-15, F: 12-18
Pac-12: HF: 13-9, HU: 9-5, H: 22-14, F: 18-17
SEC: HF: 12-6, HU: 11-6, H: 22-14, F: 18-17
SBC: HF: 6-9, HU: 5-5, H: 11-14, F: 11-14
Tuesday’s List of 13: Happy Election Day, people…….
I had originally set today aside for some thoughts on our Presidential election, but then it dawned on me that no one gives a rat’s ass what I think about politics, so instead……some baseball knowledge to ponder, as we head into the offseason………
(Quick reminder that college basketball starts Friday and WE LOVE college hoop here at ***************. So keep logging in every day)
This information is courtesy of the great Bill James Baseball Handbook, which came in the mail last week:
13) Amount of defensive shifts in 2014: 13,299. In 2016: 28,074.
Curious to see what next year brings, as far as shifting goes. More? Less? The same? Will hitters bunt more to beat the shift?
Orioles, Blue Jays were only teams who shifted less this year than they did in 2015.
12) Most hits lost to the shift in 2016: Granderson 24, Kendrys Morales 21, Ortiz 17, Ryan Howard 16
11) Lead-changing RBI’s: Abreu/Yelich 42 each, Longoria/Pujols 41
10) Highest swing/miss %age (minimum 1,500 pitches): Chris Carter 37.3%, Nieuwenhuis 36.6, Chris Davis 35.7, Stanton 34.7
9) Highest swing at first pitch %age: Tomas 49.0%, Adam Jones 44.5, Corey Seager 42.5, Schoop 41.0.
8) Lowest swing at first pitch %age: Mauer 7.0%, Blackmon/Prado 7.9, Granderson 8.3.
7) Opponents’ batting average: Arrieta .194, Scherzer .199, Estrada .203, Verlander/Hendricks .207.
6) No-decisions: Odorizzi 17, Pineda 14, Sanchez-Stroman-Tanaka-Volquez-Teheran, all 13.
5) Home runs allowed: Weaver 37, Tomlin 36, Kennedy/Santiago 33.
4) Pitches per start: Verlander 107.9, Sale 107.7, Bumgarner 105.0, Scherzer 104.8.
3) Pitches per batter: Garcia 3.48, Leake 3.51, Iwakuma 3.57, Perez-Tomlin-Graveman 3.60.
2) Run support (min 162 IP): Porcello 7.63, Happ 6.88, Arrieta 6.84, Price 6.61
1— Stolen bases allowed: Syndergaard 48, Nelson 31, Lester 28, Jimenez 26.
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