http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/184 This and that about baseball stats. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:56:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/184/comment-page-1#comment-286 dustininminny Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:12:10 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/184#comment-286 Although Tyner's not as bad as you'd think, the Twins DH position this season is truly horrific. They are slugging .358 out of the DH spot. I did a quick search of players who played 50% of games at DH, and qualified for the batting title, and found only 4 who had a SLG% lower than the Twins DH position this year. Extending the cutoff to 550 PA's, no DH in history has ever slugged below .375(Ruben Sierra in 1996).I know it's unfair to compare platoon totals to a players single season totals, but it is sickening as a Twins fan. Another interesting tidbit, the Twins have 3 HR from the DH spot this season, putting them at the same number as the Brewers. Although Tyner's not as bad as you'd think, the Twins DH position this season is truly horrific. They are slugging .358 out of the DH spot. I did a quick search of players who played 50% of games at DH, and qualified for the batting title, and found only 4 who had a SLG% lower than the Twins DH position this year. Extending the cutoff to 550 PA's, no DH in history has ever slugged below .375(Ruben Sierra in 1996).I know it's unfair to compare platoon totals to a players single season totals, but it is sickening as a Twins fan. Another interesting tidbit, the Twins have 3 HR from the DH spot this season, putting them at the same number as the Brewers.

]]> http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/184/comment-page-1#comment-285 skyking162 » Blog Archive » SOTD - Crappy DHs Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:49:27 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/184#comment-285 [...] just posted an entry about crappy-hitting DHs from the past ten years at the SOTD blog. Jason Tyner is actually a better option than the [...] [...] just posted an entry about crappy-hitting DHs from the past ten years at the SOTD blog. Jason Tyner is actually a better option than the [...]

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