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Post by kersting13 on Jul 1, 2024 9:32:14 GMT -8
It seems a lot of people are "late to the party", so I'll lay it out her for you. If you want to find baseball stats, just use baseball-reference.com.
It will certainly tell you Steven Kwan's number of plate appearances vs ABs. Basically, it's like having the back of every baseball card ever published (plus all of the ones that weren't). Same goes for pro-football-reference.com and basketball-reference.com.
These websites have been around for decades and are typically the best source for free, up-to-date statistics.
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Post by osubeaver2018 on Jul 1, 2024 18:39:34 GMT -8
Do we need two Kwan threads?! Get yer s%#t together people. Yes, he's so good he needs 2. |
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Post by hometownbeaver on Jul 1, 2024 19:26:36 GMT -8
Do we need two Kwan threads?! Get yer s%#t together people. Yes, he's so good he needs 2. That's irrefutable logik right thur |
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Post by ftd on Jul 5, 2024 12:46:37 GMT -8
.400 is still doable but tough to do. If my numbers are right and he gets his average AB the rest of the season he needs to hit .426 the rest of the way. Make it or not it would be great for him/young asian kids who see him as a role model/OSU baseball if he wins the batting crown
Kwan Games Played 59
At Bats 240
Hits 88
BA 0.366666667
At Bats/Game 4.06779661
Clevland games played 85
Remaining games 77
Ext AB remaining 313.220339
Goal BA 0.400
AB Est 553.220339
Total Hits to goal 221.2881356
Total hits remaining 133.2881356
BA to get to goal 0.425541126
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jul 5, 2024 13:10:40 GMT -8
.400 is still doable but tough to do. If my numbers are right and he gets his average AB the rest of the season he needs to hit .426 the rest of the way. Make it or not it would be great for him/young Asian kids who see him as a role model/OSU baseball if he wins the batting crown Kwan Games Played 59 At Bats 240 Hits 88 BA 0.366666667 At Bats/Game 4.06779661 Cleveland games played 85 Remaining games 77 Ext AB remaining 313.220339 Goal BA 0.400 AB Est 553.220339 Total Hits to goal 221.2881356 Total hits remaining 133.2881356 BA to get to goal 0.425541126 Awesome stuff. His estimate ABs are 553, 313 ABs remaining. In order to reach .400, he would need to have 221 or 222 hits. 221/553 (133 more hits) would get Kwan to .3996, which rounds to .400. I remember an article about 20 years delving into whether or not that would count. (Tony Gwynn was hitting .3938 before the strike killed the season in 1994 and was cited as one of the reasons that the owners and players needed to work things out.) And I forget what the consensus was as to whether .39964 would count or not Anyway, 133/313 would be a batting average of .42492 the rest of the way. 222/553 (134 more hits) would get Kwan to .40145, .401. 134/313 would be a batting average of .42812 the rest of the way. Since Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941, Gwynn's .39379 in 1994 is the best batting average. In order to best that, Kwan would need to compile at least 130 more hits to finish with a projected batting average of .39421. The highest full season average since 1941 was George Brett's .38976 in 1980. Brett missed 45 games because of a couple of injuries (most of it from a torn ligament in his foot in June/July on a bad slide). Brett had a 30-game hitting streak from July 18 to August 19 and was hitting .407 after going 5/5 on August 26th. Brett finished August with a batting average of .403. Brett was hitting .400 on September 19th but went 4/27 to sink to .384 before finishing 10/19 to finish .38976. In order to best George Brett, Kwan would need to compile 128 more hits. Ted Williams hit .38810 in 1957 but that was during a 154-game season. Just to put this all in perspective, best batting average since Williams' .38810 in 1957: 1. Tony Gwynn 1994 .39379 Silver Slugger.
2. George Brett 1980 .38976 AL MVP.
3. Rod Carew 1977 .38799 AL MVP.
4. Larry Walker 1999 .37900 Silver Slugger.
5. Todd Helton 2000 .37241 Undoubtedly the NL MVP but finished fifth in voting. Led the Majors in BA, SLG, and OPS. Led the NL in OBP. Ridiculous!
6. Nomar Garciaparra 2000 .37240 Best batting average by a righty, since Joe DiMaggio hit .38095 in 1939.
7. Ichiro Suzuki 2004 .37216 Undoubtedly the AL MVP but finished seventh in voting. Less Ridiculous than Wade Boggs and Todd Helton but still bad.
8. Tony Gwynn 1997 .37162 Silver Slugger.
9. Andres Galarraga 1993 .37021 Best batting average by a righty since Joe DiMaggio hit .38095 in 1939. Surpassed by Nomar Garciaparra seven years later.
10. Tony Gwynn 1987 .37012 Silver Slugger.
11. Barry Bonds 2002 .36973 NL MVP
12. Wade Boggs 1985 .36753 Fourth in AL MVP voting.
13. Jeff Bagwell 1994 .36750 NL MVP
14. Steven Kwan 2024 .36667
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Post by ftd on Jul 5, 2024 14:15:31 GMT -8
Added a Rounding column and a column for batting title (goal is .001 more than current second place)  |
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Post by ftd on Jul 15, 2024 16:46:05 GMT -8
 Updated.....400 is highly unlikely but overall is still possible. |
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Post by ftd on Jul 21, 2024 15:27:25 GMT -8
Kwannie at .346. Second place is Bobby Witt (KC) at .337
Kwannie needs a slump buster...
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Post by babeav on Jul 21, 2024 18:45:35 GMT -8
Kwannie at .346. Second place is Bobby Witt (KC) at .337 Kwannie needs a slump buster... Call Mark Grace…..he’ll set Kwani up. |
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Post by steinlager on Jul 21, 2024 21:02:54 GMT -8
Kwannie at .346. Second place is Bobby Witt (KC) at .337 Kwannie needs a slump buster... Call Mark Grace…..he’ll set Kwani up. The description of a 'slumpbuster" by Mark Grace was one of the funniest things I've ever heard on sports radio. Jim Rome was interviewing him and he was cracking up. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jul 22, 2024 12:42:34 GMT -8
Call Mark Grace…..he’ll set Kwani up. The description of a 'slumpbuster" by Mark Grace was one of the funniest things I've ever heard on sports radio. Jim Rome was interviewing him and he was cracking up. Hopefully things are not that dire for Kwan. |
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Post by ricke71 on Jul 26, 2024 15:59:08 GMT -8
As of this moment (5 pm pacific on July 26) Kwan is now 4 for his last 26 ABs (.159 BA during the period - current BA .338). That is, at the very least, a short term slump.
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jul 26, 2024 21:05:24 GMT -8
As of this moment (5 pm pacific on July 26) Kwan is now 4 for his last 26 ABs (.159 BA during the period - current BA .338). That is, at the very least, a short term slump. Got a hit. Up to .340. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Jul 26, 2024 22:28:13 GMT -8
As of this moment (5 pm pacific on July 26) Kwan is now 4 for his last 26 ABs (.159 BA during the period - current BA .338). That is, at the very least, a short term slump. Got a hit. Up to .340. Buck Showalter had a good point on MLB Network tonight. He acknowledged Kwan was slumping but pointed out he's a high-contact hitter. He said he doesn't worry about high-contact hitters who are slumping, because sooner or later the hits will fall. He worries about the high-strikeout guys who are slumping because you can't even get a chinker or a flare or a bloop or a swinging bunt if you don't make contact. |
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Post by rgeorge on Jul 27, 2024 10:00:47 GMT -8
As of this moment (5 pm pacific on July 26) Kwan is now 4 for his last 26 ABs (.159 BA during the period - current BA .338). That is, at the very least, a short term slump. However, it's not quite a little slump. He's hitting .262 over his last 30 games... just .226 since the break. |
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