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Valadius Aug 01 2009 07:05 AM

Just looking over the stats over at Baseball-Reference - Luis Castillo is leading the league in at-bats per strikeout, at 14 per. That's pretty impressive.

Nymr83 Aug 01 2009 08:04 AM

I'm not too impressed by that alone because slap-hitters shouldn't strike out anyway. i just realized how many crazy stats BR has hidden, including steals/caught of individual bases, and my new personal favorite OOB (Outs on Base) which tracks the number of times a player makes an out on the basepaths that isn't a force-out, good for finding uas some goats in the player of the year voting later on in conjunction with "extra bases taken percentage", the percentage of time the runner advanced more bases than the hit (more than 1 on a single, more than 2 on a double) they have pinch-hitting stats too. and finally the category that DOES impress me about Luis Castilllo, pitches per plate appearence, which now stands at 4.31, a career high.

smg58 Aug 02 2009 11:11 AM

I'm impressed that he's drawing so many walks, given that he's not much of a threat to hit anything more damaging than a single. I'd have figured by now that pitchers would just throw him strikes. They seem to have done that with Cora, whose walk on July 31 was his first of the month (he already has as many walks in August as he did in July).

Frayed Knot Aug 02 2009 11:54 AM

Castillo's always drawn a higher than average number of walks - although this is looking like his walking-est year ever.

Nymr83 Aug 02 2009 11:56 AM

it is min-boggling, because with a 3 ball count he should be getting BP fastballs down the pipe, at least with nobody in scoring position. its to his credit that he gets the walks anyway

Edgy DC Aug 02 2009 12:04 PM

I'd like to see the number of times he's taken the first strike he sees. It's got to be over 90%.

Frayed Knot Aug 02 2009 12:08 PM

Not just first strikes, Luis swings at a smaller pct of total pitches thrown to him than anyone in the league. I forgot the exact numbers but I heard/read this stat just recently at it wasn't even all that close between him and the rest of the pack.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 02 2009 12:16 PM

="Frayed Knot":3jseo1xt]Not just first strikes, Luis swings at a smaller pct of total pitches thrown to him than anyone in the league. I forgot the exact numbers but I heard/read this stat just recently at it wasn't even all that close between him and the rest of the pack.[/quote:3jseo1xt] He's always been choosy. Now, he's like a parody of himself. But, hey, it's working. Abreu's up there as far as swing percentage goes, too. Nymr83 Aug 02 2009 12:23 PM ="Edgy DC":cck8i7pw]I'd like to see the number of times he's taken the first strike he sees. It's got to be over 90%.[/quote:cck8i7pw] basball reference has "First Pitch Swinging Percentage" listed, Castillo's this year is a mere 10%. It wass 33% his rookie year, 18% career, and has gone steadily down pretty much every season. He's really learned his role. Edgy DC Aug 02 2009 12:40 PM Wish Jerry would. Frayed Knot Aug 02 2009 07:50 PM Good thing we didn't release him, eh? {ducks} Edgy DC Aug 02 2009 08:31 PM It strikes me that the reason he's batting second is because for all the skills we're acknowledging here, the one Jerry loves is his buntability.