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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
Interesting. Wouldn't having a great eye for the strike zone be consistent with both lots of walks and few Ks?
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A lot of low strikeout guys with great eyes would rather put the ball into play, rather then risk getting caught looking for a strikeout.
When you're THAT averse to striking out, you are generally protecting the zone at all costs.
To be clear, not many players (none off the top of my head) was as averse to striking out as Joe Sewell
...but for every Joe Sewell, Ted Williams or Wade Boggs, there's several more Yogi Berra's, Don Mattingly's, Joe Dimaggio's, Ichiro Suzuki's and Tony Gwynn's who are more likely to put the ball in play eventually, then take the walk.
Also, to be clear, Joe Sewell was not exactly a walk machine either. 1923 was definitely one of his better years as far as that's concerned.