Comments on: Wait, It’s Called Hitter & Not Batter, Right? http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/5298 This and that about baseball stats. Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:01:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 By: Steve http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/5298/comment-page-1#comment-15381 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:32:35 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=5298#comment-15381 If these "great hitters" were getting three hits a game, they would all be hitting over .600. You may be setting your expectations too high. That being said, I would love to see the DH retired.

]]> By: Kahuna Tuna http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/5298/comment-page-1#comment-15375 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:37:38 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=5298#comment-15375 That's probably less than 5% of the time on Opening Day that you see a D.H. get 3+ hits in a game.

Yes, just a bit less – 22 times in 522 AL Opening Day games, or 4.2%. The Orioles and Rays will get the chance to edge the rate upward when they open their seasons today.

]]> By: Zachary http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/5298/comment-page-1#comment-15374 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:09:30 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=5298#comment-15374 By my quick calculations, the normal I'm pegging them for is between 5.5 and 6.

]]> By: Steve Lombardi http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/5298/comment-page-1#comment-15373 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:07:50 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=5298#comment-15373 Hey, add Adam Lind to the list! He made it yesterday:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX201004050.shtml

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