A Tale of Two Lineups

[Taylor]

44 minutes ago, True Grich said:

10 games....

One-16.2th of the season.

[Blarg]

3 hours ago, Lou said:

The biggest letdown thus far has been Fletcher. He has an OPS+ of 44.

It always happens after they sign a big contract. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

2 hours ago, Angelsjunky said:

Fun fact(s):

High full-season BABIP: Hugh Duffy .433 in 1894 (he hit .440 that year, highest in history). I'm not sure how his BA was higher, but I guess it has something to do with sacrifice hits - they don't count as ABs but do count as PA, so I guess BABIP is based on PA.

In more recent decades, Rod Carew had a .408 BABIP in 1977 when he hit .388.

Yoan Moncada actually had a .406 BABIP in 2019, which is the highest since Carew. Only Jose Hernandez and Manny Ramirez have had over .400 BABIP in a single season since Carew. 

BABIP = (HITS - HR) / (AB + SH)

[Redondo]

The equation for BABIP is:

${\displaystyle BABIP={\frac {H-HR}{AB-K-HR+SF}}}$

where H is hits, HR is home runs, AB is at bats, K is strikeouts, and SF is sacrifice flies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batting_average_on_balls_in_play