What's all this talk about .400??

[packs]

Is Joe Jackson the only 400 hitter since 1900 not in the Hall?

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by packs

Is Joe Jackson the only 400 hitter since 1900 not in the Hall?

If you don't include the Negro Leagues, it looks like it.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/l...g_season.shtml

[mrreality68]

I believe so and that prior link provided seems to say the same info

[Seven]

On the opposing end, we have Kyle Schwarber who is hitting a crisp .177 with 19 home runs. I'd call him a modern day Dave Kingman, but I think that's insulting to Dave because not even he in all his glory, had an average that low!

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by Seven

On the opposing end, we have Kyle Schwarber who is hitting a crisp .177 with 19 home runs. I'd call him a modern day Dave Kingman, but I think that's insulting to Dave because not even he in all his glory, had an average that low!

Somehow Schwarber has a career BA of .228 but the way he's going, it will be dropping. At least he does walk a fair amount so his career OBP is .338. (Kingman was .236 BA and .302 OBP).

I thought he would be helped by shifts being banned, but apparently not. He currently has 19 home runs and only 18 singles and seems to either strike out of fly out so not hitting many ground balls that have a chance to get through the bigger holes on the left side.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Somehow Schwarber has a career BA of .228 but the way he's going, it will be dropping. At least he does walk a fair amount so his career OBP is .338. (Kingman was .236 BA and .302 OBP).

I thought he would be helped by shifts being banned, but apparently not. He currently has 19 home runs and only 18 singles and seems to either strike out of fly out so not hitting many ground balls that have a chance to get through the bigger holes on the left side.

Scary when the comparison is to King Kong Kingman. I guess the bar is lowered. Lol

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Scary when the comparison is to King Kong Kingman. I guess the bar is lowered. Lol

Can't help but compare it to Madison Bumgarners (a pitcher) stats for the 2015 season with the Giants. 19 hits, 5 hr, .247 BA, .275 OBP. Oh, and 18 wins.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Seven

On the opposing end, we have Kyle Schwarber who is hitting a crisp .177 with 19 home runs. I'd call him a modern day Dave Kingman, but I think that's insulting to Dave because not even he in all his glory, had an average that low!

Adam Dunn.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Adam Dunn.

Chris Davis, too.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

Chris Davis, too.

Chris Davis had a very strange career from an analytics perspective. His career WAR is less then his two best years combined.

Meaning, for two years he was a Superstar....and the rest of his career he was less then a replacement level player. Way less.

Good enough to earn him 187+ Million bucks over the course of his career though.

Adam Dunn at least walked a lot and had a very respectable OBP for most of his career. He's Lou Gehrig compared to some of the other names that have been bandied about.

Dunn's overall analytics are mostly killed by his apparently horrible defensive prowess. I never saw him play enough to be able to corroborate how bad he was from an eye test, or whether he got trashed just because he was a 1st baseman and a corner outfielder.