From: snichols@adobe.com (Sherri Nichols)
Subject: Re: OBP hurt by sac flies (was Re: HBP? BB? BIG-CAT?)
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In article <1993Apr23.065059.16619@rigel.econ.uga.edu> scottm@helena.stat.uga.edu (scott mclure) writes:
>Sorry, I gotta disagree here.  Last time I played ball, I went up on
>several occasions intending to hit a fly ball deep enough to score the
>runner from third or advance a runner to third.  It's relatively easy
>actually... you swing under the path of the ball you normally would to
>hit a good line drive.  With fastballs it's very easy, much more
>difficult with good breaking balls.  A good hitter with excellent bat
>control can voluntarily hit fly balls to the outfield at least, oh, 60%
>of the time?  Maybe more..

There's a blurb in the STATS Scoreboard about this, and though I don't have
the book with me here, my memory is that the best at hitting sac flies were
far below this 60% number.

Sherri Nichols
snichols@adobe.com