FACTS/FLUKES: Votto, Heyward, Freeland, Cervelli, Stratton
Apr 20 2018
Votto at the top of his game … Joey Votto (1B, CIN) had a tremendous 2017 campaign, batting .320 while launching 36 HR and amassing a whopping 1.032 OPS in 559 AB. It was just the second time in his terrific career that he has topped the 30-HR plateau, last doing so back in 2010. How did he do it?
Year AB HR/SB BA xBA bb% ct% GB/LD/FB h% HctX PX xPX hr/f Spd ==== === ===== ==== ==== === === ======== == ==== === === ==== === 2013 581 24/6 .305 .279 19 76 44/27/29 37 120 128 128 18% 112 2014 220 6/1 .255 .276 18 78 41/27/33 30 109 122 146 11% 71 2015 545 29/11 .314 .285 21 75 42/25/33 37 126 151 150 22% 83 2016 556 29/8 .326 .298 16 78 ...
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