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Originally Posted by BobC
Couldn't it also partly be because of outfield dimensions/layouts, who he has playing behind him in the outfield, the decision of the manger to often (or maybe not at all) use outfield shifts, and on an on? Luck can often, erroneously, be attributed to things that are otherwise not readily or easily measured, known, or ever recognized and acknowledged.
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Agree. The difference between a single and double is often simply where the batted ball lands - in front of an outfielder or between them. The difference between a double and triple is often a matter of the hitter's speed and outfielder's arm.
A line shot to center that reaches the outfielder on one bounce might be a single, while the batter who is fooled and hits one off the end of the bat and bloops it over the first baseman has himself extra bases.