from Amazon
Thursday, January 08, 2009
The first Hardball Times Annual available for download!
Go to pdf page 46:
“Hang Time on the Baseball Field” By Robert Dudek.
HangTime num Outs Out%
1.5-2.0 122 1 0.8
2.0-2.5 154 7 4.5
2.5-3.0 173 49 28.3
3.0-3.5 168 69 41.1
3.5-4.0 186 104 55.9
4.0-4.5 187 126 67.4
4.5-5.0 181 145 80.1
5.0-5.5 178 154 86.5
5.5-6.0 146 140 95.9
6.0-6.5 110 107 97.3
6.5-plus 28 27 96.4
See how darn important hang time is? Who cares about LD and FB. You tell me the distance, slice and the hang time, and I’m in sabermetric heaven.