Comments on: Austin Jackson’s Hot Start

By: links for 2010-05-03

links for 2010-05-03 — Mon, 03 May 2010 14:07:07 +0000

[...] Baseball-Reference Blog » Blog Archive » Austin Jackson’s Hot Start Only 12 players have had 12 or more multi-hit games in their first 25 games. Austin Jackson is one of them. [...]

By: Weekly Recap « Caught Looking

Weekly Recap « Caught Looking — Mon, 03 May 2010 13:31:46 +0000

[...] scored, one home run, five stolen bases and two triples in 25 games. Baseball Reference’s Stat of the Day blog did a great post on how many players since 1952 put together 11 or more 2-hit games within the first 25 games of [...]

By: zlionsfan

zlionsfan — Sun, 02 May 2010 22:42:42 +0000

This list is also a good illustration of the dangers of conclusions based on small sample sizes. If someone were to say "This just goes to show that Austin Jackson is definitely going to be a quality hitter" or something of the sort, you could respond "Yeah, like Matt Kata", and they still wouldn't get it. (I'm sure someone on TV has already made a comment to the effect that Jackson has an outstanding career in front of him.) Pretty much any list with a relatively small number of games is going to look like this one, with some duds, some stars, and some in-between players. Look at, say, most hitless games in first 25 (4 PAs or more per game), or most multi-HR games in first 50. They sure are fun to create, though!

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 02 May 2010 18:17:17 +0000

Interesting that BU has a combined .302 average for all players in the majors. However, the only person with a higher average than .300 is Mickey Cochrane with .320. Shows a thing or two about sample size

By: Spartan Bill

Spartan Bill — Sun, 02 May 2010 18:06:40 +0000

He is already 2 for 2 in the 3rd inning today against Weaver.

Goodwin had 2 hits in his 26th game, but leis didn't. so Austin Jackson is now tied for 2nd on this list behind Curtis Goodwin.

By: Chauncey

Chauncey — Sun, 02 May 2010 17:30:48 +0000

@Zachary You should be proud of your alma mater's players' cumulative .302 BA! May I suggest sponsoring the site's BU page?

By: Zachary

Zachary — Sun, 02 May 2010 06:50:48 +0000

Good to see the Golden Greek! He's one of my alma mater's greatest athletes.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 02 May 2010 03:36:41 +0000

Interesting how few "greats" are on this list. One HOFer, one future HOFer, and a couple of borderliners in Kuenn, Lynn and Griffey, otherwise this is a pretty mediocre list of players. I would have thought a lot more of the greats would be on here.

By: JWL

JWL — Sun, 02 May 2010 01:24:53 +0000

I am mad that I drafted Jackson in a fantasy draft in February and then cut him in March after reading negative predictions on him in Baseball Prospectus. This reminds me that I have had bad fantasy seasons whenever I buy that book.