Baseball Roundtable has been providing a monthly “Trot Index” … tallying MLB plate appearances that involve no action on the basepaths or in the field, but rather end in a trot (to first base on a walk, hit by pitch or catcher’s inteference – back to the dugout on a strikeout – around the bases on a home run). Through June, a full 35 percent of all 2018 MLB plate appearances were “trotters.” The 2018 All Star Game was even more of the same with 49.5 percent of the 91 plate appearances ending in a trot. It went like this:
- Strikeouts – 27.5% of plate appearances
- Home runs 11.0%
- Walks – 9.9%
- Hit by pitch – 1.1%
A few other observations: In line with the hard-throwing/free-swinging trend in MLC, All Star Game strikeouts (25) outpaced hits (20) and half of the base hits in the game left the yard.
And now, we will have a short break from baseball, as Chili Pepper and I attend the annual Vintaqe Triumph Register convention/show/competition in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
THE BRITISH ARE COMING! THE BRITISH ARE COMING!
