Over the last week, I've unsuccesfully looked for, and am now fairly confident that P/PA is not yet a downloadable MLB stat. But in looking for this data I found this interesting analysis:
http://baseballanalysts.com/archives/2006/02/swinging_taking.php
My favorite quote from this work: "players who swing more often at the first pitch are, therefore, less likely to get good pitches to hit."
What I really want to see however, and the only two things that really matter, is a definative analysis between P/PA and run scoring and ultimately between P/PA and winning.
P/PA impact across age levels would equally interesting.
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