Walker and Patterson

[brfahey]

There seem to be some folks on this board with amazing access to stats, so here goes. Can we find out how many times Walker and Patterson (or what percentage of their outs) have grounded out to the first or second basemen? It seems every time Walker makes an out that is what he does and ditto for Patterson, minus the mountain of strikeouts.

 

For that matter, can anyone remember the last time that Walker didn't pull a ball? That guy is no number 2 hitter with that dead pull stroke. I know I am piling on a little but he strikes me as a "soft" near .300 hitter (like Macias).

[Notorious]

Apparently you are forgettting Patterson's # of pop fly outs as well! He does more than just ground out!! :)

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Walker's hit chart

 

Patterson's hit chart

 

Walker grounds out and singles more to the right side, but he doubles and flies out more the other way. He's a pretty balanced hitter on the most part.

 

Patterson is pretty much a pull hitter. He has the ability to hit with power to the opposite field, but his failures and successes happen most on the right side.

[fiver]

When Patterson actually puts the ball in play -

 

Excluding infield singles, Patterson has a total of about three hits to the opposite field and a tremendous amount of lazy fly outs. Conversely, if he gets the ball in the air to right field...it's usually a frozen rope and goes for a hit. Unfortunately he hits many more ground balls to the right side and they are usually a product of trying to pull a ball on the outside portion of the plate. These translate into easily fielded balls by first and second basemen.

 

Was it Jeff Brantley last night on ESPN that made fun of Dusty Baker for mentioning Corey in the same breath as Lou Brock?

[moorecg]

Wow...Corey's chart shows a pretty stark shift would likely be a good way to defend him...I don't think I saw one ball hit down the left field line...really nothing to the left of left center.

[WindyCity]

Wow...Corey's chart shows a pretty stark shift would likely be a good way to defend him...I don't think I saw one ball hit down the left field line...really nothing to the left of left center.

 

Corey's speed makes it less likely that a shift will ever be employed against him. He could just slap a bunt down the 3rd base line every time if the shift was on......