quote:Originally posted by wayback:quote:at least in MLB.
..and some are HOF'ers-to-be.
Which isn't relevent to most of our sons when looking for a measuring stick with which to compare their progress.
Again, most of our kids are HS or college.
For the college kids, look at the links and compare.
15% is the very few elite.
But, if you're too lazy to look...I'll concede it's not worth discussing with you.
...not understanding the hostility from you...I was away all day, can't be glued to my computer, you know.
The easiest way to understand this is to look at the national average of D1. I couldn't find it (too lazy, you know) , so I pulled up Big East team stats from last year:
AB K K%
West Virginia....... 1921 322 .167
Louisville.......... 2218 358 .161
Cincinnati.......... 2089 353 .168
Notre Dame.......... 1910 289 .151
St. John's.......... 1987 317 .159
USF................. 2009 387 .192
Pittsburgh.......... 1817 365 .201
Connecticut......... 1956 360 .184
Georgetown.......... 1750 363 .207
Rutgers............. 1844 423 .229
Villanova........... 1938 365 .188
Seton Hall.......... 1813 320 .176
...As I had previously stated, not much different from MLB. Teams average around .18 k/Ab, so hitters above these numbers are below-average contact hitters, hitters below are above-average.
So 15% isn't the "very few elite", it's around average.