http://www.theoleballgame.
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(link earlier on pg. 1 of post works)
Post earlier by Chin Music
Has a good stats avg chart.
Its a baseball chart.
Shows avg's with pitch counts.
Lowest batting average is
with 0-1 count on batter.
Yeah on that chart the margin on batters hitting average fluctuates about .15 with either a ball or strike on the pitch count.
An at bat is weakend by letting a strike go by and dropping the batting average by
.15 (lessor chance of success) The next time they step in the box batter has already lowered their batting average with a lessor chance of success. By letting the first strike go by again lowers .15 again. With a decreasing chance of success the batting average will continue to drop.
That may seem marginal but if we're talking about it happening to every batter on the team... team's batting average has dropped dramatically and will continue to suffer the cycle.
Craziness!