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
1	Milton Bradley	ChC	5.00 ( 110/22 )
2	John Baker	Fla	4.94 ( 84/17 )
3	Adam Dunn	Was	4.87 ( 112/23 )
4	Fred Lewis	SF	4.76 ( 100/21 )
5	Jayson Werth	Phi	4.73 ( 104/22 )
6	Daniel Murphy	NYM	4.72 ( 118/25 )
7	Adrian Gonzalez	SD	4.63 ( 111/24 )
8	Jeremy Hermida	Fla	4.58 ( 87/19 )
9	David Eckstein	SD	4.52 ( 113/25 )
10	Andre Ethier	LAD	4.52 ( 122/27 )
11t	Ryan Church	NYM	4.50 ( 99/22 )
11t	Lastings Milledge	Was	4.50 ( 90/20 )
11t	Todd Helton	Col	4.50 ( 81/18 )
14	Matt Kemp	LAD	4.48 ( 112/25 )
15	Prince Fielder	Mil	4.45 ( 98/22 )
16	Austin Kearns	Was	4.44 ( 80/18 )
17t	Mike Cameron	Mil	4.43 ( 93/21 )
17t	Chris Young	Ari	4.43 ( 93/21 )
19	Jay Bruce	Cin	4.41 ( 75/17 )
20	Corey Hart	Mil	4.39 ( 101/23 )