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    • April 30, 2009

    Batting Against Texas in Blowouts

    Alex Rodriguez played for Texas from 2001-2003.

    Texas Rangers Batting Average Allowed
    Seasons Leading by 5+ runs Trailing by 5+ runs
    1998-2000 .281 .305
    2001-2003 .285 .287
    2004-2006 .276 .266

    Overall, Texas allowed batting averages of .288, .284, and .277 in the three periods. I don’t really see a pattern here.

    Posted by David Pinto at 4:57 pm | Cheating | Permalink | 3 Comments

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    1. Dave P
      April 30th, 2009 @ 7:56 pm

      Notice the difference in slugging %age, though, when Texas was up by 5+ runs/down by 5+:

      1998-2000 .464 .500
      2001-2003 .499 .496
      2004-2006 .418 .409

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    2. Josh
      May 1st, 2009 @ 10:45 am

      Wouldn’t most players do better when leading by 5, since the opponents would use their mop-up guy (i.e,. WORST pitcher) in those situations?

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