Games With a Hit

I’ve had a couple of requests for a ranking of players by percentage of games with a hit. This is minimum 80 games in 2021, with a game counting if the player started and had at least one PA that would qualify the game to count for a hit streak (a game would not count if all the appearances ended in walks or hit by pitches).

Batter	Games	Games With Hits	Fraction of Games
Tim Anderson	112	89	0.795
Adam Frazier	130	102	0.785
Jean Segura	117	91	0.778
Trea Turner	135	105	0.778
Cedric Mullins II	139	108	0.777
Nick Castellanos	125	97	0.776
Tommy Edman	141	107	0.759
Manuel Margot	96	72	0.750
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	148	111	0.750
Jose Altuve	133	99	0.744
DJ LeMahieu	139	103	0.741
Mookie Betts	104	77	0.740
Whit Merrifield	149	110	0.738
Jesse Winker	105	77	0.733
Ty France	138	101	0.732
Pavin Smith	115	84	0.730
A.J. Pollock	89	65	0.730
J.D. Martinez	137	100	0.730
Marcus Semien	148	108	0.730
Starlin Castro	85	62	0.729
Paul Goldschmidt	144	105	0.729
Teoscar Hernandez	128	93	0.727
Austin Hays	106	77	0.726
Brendan Rodgers	84	61	0.726
Bo Bichette	146	106	0.726
Bryan Reynolds	138	100	0.725
Eric Hosmer	123	89	0.724
Michael Brantley	112	81	0.723
Bryce Harper	126	91	0.722
Starling Marte	108	78	0.722
Raimel Tapia	104	75	0.721
Josh Harrison	120	86	0.717
Manny Machado	137	98	0.715
David Fletcher	144	103	0.715
Isiah Kiner-Falefa	144	103	0.715
Josh Bell	115	82	0.713
Ke’Bryan Hayes	83	59	0.711
Tyler Naquin	106	75	0.708
Jeimer Candelario	140	99	0.707
Kyle Tucker	122	86	0.705
Xander Bogaerts	132	93	0.705
Yordan Alvarez	125	88	0.704
J.T. Realmuto	111	78	0.703
Rafael Devers	144	101	0.701
Austin Riley	144	101	0.701
Salvador Perez	147	103	0.701
Eddie Rosario	90	63	0.700
Javier Baez	120	84	0.700
Juan Soto	133	93	0.699
Jared Walsh	123	86	0.699
Miguel Rojas	116	81	0.698
Yulieski Gurriel	130	90	0.692
Mitch Haniger	143	99	0.692
Freddie Freeman	146	101	0.692
Buster Posey	94	65	0.691
Yoan Moncada	132	91	0.689
Omar Narvaez	93	64	0.688
Ryan McMahon	128	88	0.688
David Peralta	115	79	0.687
Harold Ramirez	83	57	0.687
Brandon Crawford	118	81	0.686
Kris Bryant	127	87	0.685
J.P. Crawford	146	100	0.685
Carlos Correa	136	93	0.684
Tyler O’Neill	117	80	0.684
Alex Verdugo	129	88	0.682
Christian Walker	91	62	0.681
Jesus Aguilar	116	79	0.681
Ozzie Albies	144	98	0.681
Giovanny Urshela	97	66	0.680
Nicky Lopez	131	89	0.679
Nelson Cruz	124	84	0.677
Chris Taylor	127	86	0.677
Amed Rosario	127	86	0.677
Odubel Herrera	96	65	0.677
Hunter Renfroe	130	88	0.677
Trey Mancini	130	88	0.677
Luis Arraez	99	67	0.677
Pete Alonso	139	94	0.676
Josh Rojas	108	73	0.676
Jonathan Schoop	145	98	0.676
Andrew Benintendi	117	79	0.675
Trevor Story	129	87	0.674
Justin Turner	129	87	0.674
Myles Straw	135	91	0.674
Nolan Arenado	144	97	0.674
Giancarlo Stanton	122	82	0.672
Adolis Garcia	134	90	0.672
Christian Yelich	97	65	0.670
Nathaniel Lowe	139	93	0.669
Joey Votto	117	78	0.667
Gleyber Torres	111	74	0.667
Charlie Blackmon	126	84	0.667
Jake Cronenworth	135	90	0.667
Avisail Garcia	110	73	0.664
Trent Grisham	107	71	0.664
Ryan Mountcastle	127	84	0.661
Jose Iglesias	121	80	0.661
Anthony Santander	100	66	0.660
Jeff McNeil	94	62	0.660
Aaron Judge	132	87	0.659
Joey Wendle	108	71	0.657
Lourdes Gurriel	128	84	0.656
Michael Taylor	128	84	0.656
Randy Arozarena	125	82	0.656
Tucker Barnhart	90	59	0.656
Ramon Laureano	87	57	0.655
Jose Ramirez	136	89	0.654
Shohei Ohtani	133	87	0.654
Jonathan India	133	87	0.654
Leury Garcia	104	68	0.654
Eduardo Escobar	127	83	0.654
Kolten Wong	98	64	0.653
Wilmer Flores	89	58	0.652
Randal Grichuk	126	82	0.651
Matt Olson	143	93	0.650
Elias Diaz	80	52	0.650
Dylan Carlson	134	87	0.649
Jose Abreu	142	92	0.648
Jasrado Chisholm	105	68	0.648
Will Smith	105	68	0.648
Cesar Hernandez	139	90	0.647
Kyle Farmer	119	77	0.647
Enrique Hernandez	119	77	0.647
Jorge Polanco	136	88	0.647
Akil Baddoo	96	62	0.646
Yadier Molina	110	71	0.645
Jonathan Villar	107	69	0.645
Fernando Tatis Jr.	115	74	0.643
Brandon Lowe	125	80	0.640
Adam Duvall	122	78	0.639
Mike Yastrzemski	108	69	0.639
Luis Urias	123	78	0.634
Willy Adames	122	77	0.631
Yan Gomes	84	53	0.631
Dansby Swanson	146	92	0.630
Rhys Hoskins	100	63	0.630
Kyle Schwarber	100	63	0.630
Mark Canha	127	80	0.630
Eric Haase	81	51	0.630
Austin Meadows	123	77	0.626
Harrison Bader	88	55	0.625
Freddy Galvis	88	55	0.625
Ronald Acuna	80	50	0.625
Christian Vazquez	114	71	0.623
Anthony Rizzo	126	78	0.619
Franmil Reyes	102	63	0.618
Garrett Hampson	102	63	0.618
Miguel Sano	115	71	0.617
Anthony Kemp	81	50	0.617
Didi Gregorius	86	53	0.616
Pedro Severino	96	59	0.615
Max Muncy	124	76	0.613
Carlos Santana	142	87	0.613
Wil Myers	111	68	0.613
Nick Solak	116	71	0.612
Jacob Stallings	100	61	0.610
Kevin Newman	123	75	0.610
Elvis Andrus	135	82	0.607
Dominic Smith	112	68	0.607
Josh Donaldson	114	69	0.605
Miguel Cabrera	118	71	0.602
Gavin Lux	85	51	0.600
James McCann	95	57	0.600
Patrick Wisdom	80	48	0.600
Andrew McCutchen	120	71	0.592
Robbie Grossman	142	84	0.592
Andrew Vaughn	110	65	0.591
Willson Contreras	105	62	0.590
Jurickson Profar	83	49	0.590
Luis Torrens	83	49	0.590
Alec Bohm	99	58	0.586
Ian Happ	108	63	0.583
Yandy Diaz	115	67	0.583
Kevin Kiermaier	91	53	0.582
Francisco Lindor	110	64	0.582
Justin Upton	87	50	0.575
Jed Lowrie	117	67	0.573
Gregory Polanco	91	52	0.571
C.J. Cron	121	69	0.570
Kyle Seager	144	82	0.569
Matt Chapman	139	79	0.568
Nick Ahmed	118	67	0.568
Jorge Soler	131	74	0.565
Maikel Franco	100	56	0.560
Willi Castro	109	61	0.560
Gary Sanchez	97	54	0.557
Thomas Pham	117	65	0.556
Sean Murphy	103	57	0.553
Bobby Dalbec	109	60	0.550
Max Kepler	104	57	0.548
Joc Pederson	106	58	0.547
Rougned Odor	86	47	0.547
Guillermo Heredia	81	44	0.543
Eugenio Suarez	122	66	0.541
Hunter Dozier	124	67	0.540
Mike Zunino	91	49	0.538
Jason Heyward	91	49	0.538
Andrelton Simmons	119	64	0.538
Michael Conforto	103	55	0.534
Brett Gardner	101	53	0.525
Victor Robles	92	48	0.522
Joey Gallo	138	70	0.507
Paul DeJong	92	46	0.500
Jackie Bradley, Jr.	95	46	0.484
Dylan Moore	92	41	0.446
Martin Maldonado	110	48	0.436

Through games of Sept 19, 2021

1 thought on “Games With a Hit”

Paul Schlicher September 21, 2021 at 11:12 am

Mr. Pinto:

That same stat — the percentage of games played in which the player also gets a hit — was one of the thoughts hat has crossed my mind in recent months as a possibly useful addition to the numbers already being tracked. So, after the fact, I applaud the appearance of that stat. The gap between those at the top and those at the bottom is considerable. I’ve also been surprised at the gaps I’ve encountered for a given hitter on days of the week. Gaps of 40 points to 60 points have sometimes turned up. A hitter may love Saturdays and hate Tuesdays. What accounts for it? Ya got me. I just don’t know. But the numbers are the numbers.

Paul Schlicher
Yardley, Pennsylvania

September 20, 2021

1 thought on “Games With a Hit”

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