Saturday, June 13, 2009

Taboo

Albert hit his 20th home run last night. It was his 12th w/ no runners on base. 60% of his home runs so far this season have been hit w/ no one on base. For his career, it’s only 52.5%. The only full season in which that percentage was higher was in 2007 when 62.5% of his homers were solo shots. So far this season he’s been to the plate 266 times and 142 of those have been w/ no one on base – 53.3%. Again, this is the 2nd highest rate of his career, only eclipsed by 2003’s 54.3%. Even in 2007, when nearly 2/3 of his homers were solo shots, he had runners on base 47.9% of the time.

Viva El Birdos

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