Monday, May 12, 2008
Jason Giambi’s Weird Statistics
Jason Giambi is currently hitting .183. Despite that, he has an OBP of .336 and a SLG of .473, both of which are above league average. His OPS+ is 120.
Using Baseball Reference’s play index reveals that since WWII there have been only six other players who hit below .200 and had a league average or better OPS+ in 100 or more plate appearances..
There have been 55 players who have hit below .200 and had an OBP greater than .320 in 100 or more plate appearances., so that’s not that unusual.
Lastly, there has been one player who hit below .200 and had a SLG greater than .450 in 100 or more plate appearances..
What this tells me is that what Giambi’s doing is extremely rare, and that odds are he will either have to start getting more hits to maintain his value or his value is going to regress towards his batting average.
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