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MetsBlog reader, Meghan, recently sent in the following email question…
“David Wright’s OBP and walk totals are both in the top 10 for the NL. Yet I notice that he is often behind in the count – frequently in an 0-2 hole. Is this my imagination? Do you have any statistics to support this? How does Wright compare to other hitters when faced with an 0-2 count.”
…wright has only 107 at-bats this season when in an 0-2 count, so it is a bit of your imagination, but 48% of his at-bats have included a two strike count…
…in those at-bats with and 0-2 count, wright is batting .178 with an ..527 OPS, which is above the National League averages of .162 and .408 respectively…
…wright has seen the most success this season during an 0-1 count…he is batting .542 with 5 homeruns, and 21 RBIs in that situation…
…CORRECTION…
…wright is batting .343 with 7 homeruns and 16 RBIs in a 3-2 count…
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Wow.
What a stat. He hasn’t been as good down 0-2 as he was last year, thats for sure. that second stat is great…clutch baby!
Where did you find the info for this stat?!?
Last year he hit .289 with an 0-2 count and had only 39 at bats with an 0-2 count for the whole year (compared to 45 already this year). Also, last year he hit .310 after the count was 0-2 (meaning on an 0-2 count and on 1-2, 2-2, and 3-2 counts which started off as an 0-2 count) and is only hitting .178 this year. It’s amazing he is having as good a year as he is considering these stats. You can find these stats on his player page on yahoo under situation stats.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7382/situational;_ylt=AvBt8L1JuAeUk7Usv5chERSFCLcF?year=2007&type=Batting
Where does he rank in “Payoff Pitch” situations when compared to other major leaguers?
I really hope scouts from other teams look at that stat and decide to groove more pitches to Wright early in the count. Go ahead and challenge him. Good luck.
Actually, Mike got the stats wrong.
DW is .348/.602/.758 with 7 HR, 16 RBI and 42 BB in 108 PAs this year. Still damn good production. The 16 HR and 42 RBI sounded way too high for one season’s worth of full counts. That would mean DW would get to a full-count every third Plate Apperance, which would be a ridiculous number of pitches seen over the course of the season.
In addition to these stats, Wright also leads the NL in Win Shares, which is a highly regarded stat when considering MVP.
WRIGHT 30
Byrnes 29
Pujols 28
Martin 25
Also NL Runs Created leaders are:
Ramirez 125.2
Holliday 122.4
WRIGHT 122.0
Fielder 118.8
Rollins 117.7
Can you clarify “during an 0-1 count”: Does this mean that if the count reaches 0-1 at any point in the at bat, or are these the results of the pitch directly after an 0-1 count?
You are correct when you said the result of the pitch directly after the 0-1 count. When he is sitting on the 0-1 pitch, those are his stats when getting pitch 2.