2014 APBA Baseball by the Numbers: Hitting numbers

Tulowitzki: double ones and most on-base numbers in the set

Bah, pitching and defense!  I’ve already written about those.  Now, it’s time to talk about the 2014 Hitting numbers from the recently released APBA disk!

Here are the best, the most and sometimes, the worst.

Power

Sluggers:  These players had the most power numbers (0-6).  Each had five.

Soler, by the way, is the only one with five solid power numbers.  The others have zeros with at least one single in the second column.  Nieuwenhuis comes close.  He just has one 7 in the extras.

Tater-masters:  Here are the hitters who had two first  column ones.

I see at least a couple pitchers here.  Zach Britton seems to make his way into these lists every year.

In the clutch:  I don’t know why but I like to find out who got two 5s on their card.  I think the APBA Journal called it the “Clutch Factor”.

Hitting and on-base Numbers

Hit ‘em where they ain’t:  These players had the most hit numbers on their card.  Hit numbers is being defined as 1-11.

There’s Britton again.  By the way, there was a massive tie for fourth place with 12.

Sliding into third:  Just for kicks, who had a first column 2?

Before you get too excited, these were all 66-2s.

Free pass:  These players had the most 14s.

Again, many were tied for the next spot with five.

Ouch:  Players with more than one 42…

…and his little brother, the 22.

Just put him on:  Overall on-base is what’s reflected here.  I added hit numbers (1-11), 14s, and 42s.

Yes, there is only one.  Tulo has 17 and there were 26 others who tied for second with 15.

Speed numbers

Bypassing first base:  Who had two or more first column 11s?

…and on the same vein, who had the most combined 11s and 10s?

Dee Gordon proving to be a speedster.

Miscellaneous

Bat control:  Just three players with three 31s

I think all three have received that distinction in the past.

Just get to the second column, they’ll do the rest:  Just a random stat here, who had the most second column ones?

If I’m not mistaken, to get to the second column, you will have to roll a 66 on these guys.

Whiffers:  To finish up, a couple of downer stats.  The most 13s on a APBA card.

Yikes. Pitchers or no, I’m saving some of these for some Tuesday next year.

Rally-killers:  The players with the most 24s on their card.

Jose, I’m a little disappointed in you.

That finishes up the hitting portion of “By the Numbers”.  I may put out one more post with some random but fun categories.

Here is the link with all of the 2014 By the Numbers articles.

Hope you are enjoying them!

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