Originally Posted by roothog66:
I'd also add that the first strike % is a strange animal. You want it to be good (say 52%), but not too good. I've kept track of that for years and, invariably, the guys with the highest first strike percentage (56% and above) were the same guys withearned run averages in the 8.00+ category.
stats from MLB 2012 on 1-0 counts and 0-1 counts.
Split PA AB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
After 1-0 73837 61839 10741 11602 .270 .379 .443 .822
After 0-1 90061 84413 3968 24824 .226 .265 .346 .612