Comments on: Are doubles on the decline for power hitters? http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/389 This and that about baseball stats. Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:30:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Andy http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/389/comment-page-1#comment-1910 Andy Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:06:54 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/389#comment-1910 That comment is without merit, as we're only talking about trends. Ortiz also hit a lot of doubles because he lost his HR power for much of the year due to a knee injury. If anything, that strengthens our point that it seems to be all about HR OR doubles now, but not both so much. That comment is without merit, as we're only talking about trends. Ortiz also hit a lot of doubles because he lost his HR power for much of the year due to a knee injury. If anything, that strengthens our point that it seems to be all about HR OR doubles now, but not both so much.

]]> By: yoshinyapapa http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/389/comment-page-1#comment-1905 yoshinyapapa Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:05:50 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/389#comment-1905 david ortiz sure hit a lot of doubles this year. david ortiz sure hit a lot of doubles this year.

]]> By: ToddCoffeyCuffLinks http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/389/comment-page-1#comment-1884 ToddCoffeyCuffLinks Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:40:42 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/389#comment-1884 Thanks Andy. Thanks Andy.

]]> By: OscarAzocar http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/389/comment-page-1#comment-1878 OscarAzocar Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:13:46 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/389#comment-1878 When you look at the percentage of 30+ Homerun guys who also have 30+ doubles, 2007 seems to be right in the middle: Year pct 2001 82.50% 2004 74.29% 2002 74.07% 2000 68.18% 1998 62.50% 2003 60.71% 2007 60.00% 2005 59.26% 1991 58.33% 1996 57.14% 2006 54.55% 1993 52.38% 1999 52.27% 1997 48.39% 1995 42.86% 1990 41.67% 1992 40.00% 1994 30.00% When you look at the percentage of 30+ Homerun guys who also have 30+ doubles, 2007 seems to be right in the middle:
Year pct
2001 82.50%
2004 74.29%
2002 74.07%
2000 68.18%
1998 62.50%
2003 60.71%
2007 60.00%
2005 59.26%
1991 58.33%
1996 57.14%
2006 54.55%
1993 52.38%
1999 52.27%
1997 48.39%
1995 42.86%
1990 41.67%
1992 40.00%
1994 30.00%

]]> By: OscarAzocar http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/389/comment-page-1#comment-1877 OscarAzocar Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:04:31 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/389#comment-1877 When you gave the first list you didn't take into account that the total number of 40 homer guys is changing. Here is a slightly different list. 2006 and 2007 don't score so highly on this list. Year 40+ HR 40HR/30DB PCT. 2001 12 10 0.833333333 1993 5 4 0.8 2004 9 6 0.666666667 2005 9 6 0.666666667 2002 8 5 0.625 2000 15 9 0.6 1996 16 9 0.5625 1997 11 6 0.545454545 1998 13 7 0.538461538 1999 13 7 0.538461538 1990 2 1 0.5 1991 2 1 0.5 1995 4 2 0.5 2003 10 5 0.5 2007 5 2 0.4 2006 11 4 0.363636364 1992 2 0 0 1994 2 0 0 When you gave the first list you didn't take into account that the total number of 40 homer guys is changing. Here is a slightly different list. 2006 and 2007 don't score so highly on this list.

Year 40+ HR 40HR/30DB PCT.
2001 12 10 0.833333333
1993 5 4 0.8
2004 9 6 0.666666667
2005 9 6 0.666666667
2002 8 5 0.625
2000 15 9 0.6
1996 16 9 0.5625
1997 11 6 0.545454545
1998 13 7 0.538461538
1999 13 7 0.538461538
1990 2 1 0.5
1991 2 1 0.5
1995 4 2 0.5
2003 10 5 0.5
2007 5 2 0.4
2006 11 4 0.363636364
1992 2 0 0
1994 2 0 0

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