Batting average

Honing in on batting average, Kansas City has a few guys who are negatively effecting the team’s average. Compared to a season ago, outfielder Lorenzo Cain’s average has dramatically dropped. Last year, Cain hit a hot .329 in April. This April, he batted just .220, which amounted to a drop-off of more than 100 points. A few other Royals have had a major drop-off in batting average from a season ago. Mike Moustakas, who led Kansas City in batting average (.356) after April in 2015, batted .273 in April this year. Catcher Salvador Perez, who hit .326 in April last season, batted just .240 in April this year. Although a few Royals have experienced trouble at the plate this season, not everyone in the lineup struggled in April. On the other side of the spectrum is Eric Hosmer. Hosmer hit .310 last April but improved that number this season by hitting .326 this April. Unfortunately for Kansas City, Hosmer is the only Royal batting over .300 this season with more than 10 at bats. Hosmer’s production can’t outweigh the struggles of the rest of the…

Shoeless Joe Jackson has the third best batting average of all time. “ Shoeless Joe Jackson was a superb hitter whose career average of .356 is the third highest attainted in the history of baseball’’ (“Shoeless Joe Jackson”). “ Joseph Jefferson Jackson was born in poverty on July 16, 1887, in the small South Carolina town of Brandon Mills. His father was a mill worker and never received a decent salary. Joe Jackson's education ended before his twelfth birthday, and he was illiterate when he…

Each distance was divided by time to get the speed in inches per second. Then the average of each was determined. (5,692.8 inches/second)/(12 trials)=474.4 inches/second (10,851.6 inches/second)/(12 trials)=904.3 inches/second 5,692.8 being the speeds of the softballs added up and 10,851.6 being the baseballs. Average Softball Baseball Speed (inches/second) 474.4 inches/second 904.3…

appearance, focusing on visible skills. What they did not take into account was, what the players were lacking. Traditionally, the batting average had been used to determine a players batting ability. The batting average was developed by an English statistician, Henry Chadwick, to provide a better measure of an individual’s batting ability. Chadwick felt that the success of the team was dependent on having good hitters and that hits were independent of teammates skills. The batting average is a…

within the team, the games were just unreal because of the power that could be seen. When other players such as Lou Gehrig came into the organization, the offensive side of the Yankees took off and they were unstoppable. Ruth was able to inspire Gehrig to improve himself, which promoted competition within the organization making the team as a whole better. Ruth was able to keep his team going even when others were going downhill. Ruth modeled his batting stance after that of Joe Jackson (Dewey…

power, because at the college level they saw a decrease from about .945 homeruns per game a year before BBCOR to .48 homeruns after BBCOR (acs.psu.edu). Also with the bat being more like wood it will be more comparable to the way all baseball used to be played before metal bats were introduced. On the other hand, if the bats are more like wood bats, some kids may not be capable of swing with the power and accuracy needed to hit the ball well on a regular basis. This could slow the game down to…

He's the guy who made me a hitter" -Babe Ruth(Tidbits 1). All throughout history there have been athletes known for key attributes. In Jackson's case it was his natural hitting ability. Too this day Jackson holds the batting average for a player in the rookie season. In 1911 Jackson was traded to the cleveland Naps known now as the Cleveland Indians and recorded the best rookie batting average of all time at .408. Jackson continued to record outstanding amazing batting averages throughout his…

the only person in baseball history to be elected in the Baseball Hall of Fame the same year that he retired, due to ALS, instead of waiting the usually five-year waiting period before being elected into the hall of fame (Baseball). The streak of 2,130 games created the nickname of the “Iron Man” of baseball. Lou held the record for career grand slams at 23, until St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire’s went on a slugging fest for multiple years. Lou currently holds the record for most…

stronger. His junior year still burdens him with a lot of schoolwork, but the pleasure he received from going out with his friends and doing a routine workout in the gym was reduced enough for him to seek out a solution that would bring him more pleasure. Matt’s recent reduction in pleasure from his usual routine brought him to the conclusion that he was looking for more happiness from what he did in his leisure time, and he wanted to develop a new friendship dynamic. These objectives were…

What softball? There's nothing soft about softball. For me softball is nothing without dedication. I love softball. Softball has gain my confidence with friends and peers. It can’t be explained what i feel in the field. Softball has taught me valuable lessons not just physically but mentally. It has taught me to stand up for myself. I love every moment i spend on the field . When am in the field am completely a different person . I forget about my glass slippers because this princess wears…