Archive for March 20th, 2009
Every count counts
Friday, March 20th, 2009In 2008, Phillies pitchers faced 6,229 hitters. 160 of them, or about 2.6%, hit home runs. That’s a home run every 38.9 plate appearances. Opposing hitters weren’t as likely to hit home runs in all counts, of course. The chart below shows how many plate appearance ended with a pitch delivered […]