NY Sports Dog: Daniel Murphy's Amazing Batting Eye

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Daniel Murphy's Amazing Batting Eye


I was just perusing some stats and saw that Daniel Murphy is seeing 4.72 pitches per at-bat.

That is insanely good.

The MLB average last year was 3.82.

For example, Barry Bonds, who had a phenomenal eye, saw an average of 3.87 pitches per at-bat over his career, and 4.12 in his best season.

John Olerud, who had an incredible eye and OBP, averaged 3.84 pitches per at-bat over his career and 4.13 in his best season.

So while it remains to be seen what Murphy's ceiling is, each of his at-bats is a lesson in patience and professionalism.

NL Leaders: Pitches Seen per PA (Thru Apr. 11, 2009)
3.1 PA/Game
Rank Player Team Stats
1Milton BradleyChC5.00 ( 110/22 )
2John BakerFla4.94 ( 84/17 )
3Adam DunnWas4.87 ( 112/23 )
4Fred LewisSF4.76 ( 100/21 )
5Jayson WerthPhi4.73 ( 104/22 )
6Daniel MurphyNYM4.72 ( 118/25 )
7Adrian GonzalezSD4.63 ( 111/24 )
8Jeremy HermidaFla4.58 ( 87/19 )
9David EcksteinSD4.52 ( 113/25 )
10Andre EthierLAD4.52 ( 122/27 )
11t Ryan ChurchNYM4.50 ( 99/22 )
11t Lastings MilledgeWas4.50 ( 90/20 )
11t Todd HeltonCol4.50 ( 81/18 )
14Matt KempLAD4.48 ( 112/25 )
15Prince FielderMil4.45 ( 98/22 )
16Austin KearnsWas4.44 ( 80/18 )
17t Mike CameronMil4.43 ( 93/21 )
17t Chris YoungAri4.43 ( 93/21 )
19Jay BruceCin4.41 ( 75/17 )
20Corey HartMil4.39 ( 101/23 )

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3 comments:

Dave Singer said...

OK, I have been doing my research.

So far, the BEST I could find was none other than Rickey Henderson, who averaged a stunning 4.34 pitches per at-bat over his career.

Dave said...

Where did you find these stats at?

Dave Singer said...

baseball-reference.com and STATS, inc.

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