FACTS/ FLUKES: Pujols, Gray, Chirinos, Scribner, Ventura
Jun 2 2015
A new normal for Pujols? ... The streak of .300 averages for Albert Pujols (1B, LAA) is a distant memory, but the future Hall-of-Famer proved last year that 30 HRs and 100 RBIs was still attainable. A rough April will make those benchmarks harder to achieve, but how are the underlying skills holding up at age 35?
Year AB BA xBA bb% ct% h% G/L/F PX HctX hr/f HR vLHP ==== === ==== ==== === === == ======== === ==== ==== == ==== 2012 607 .285 .303 8 87 29 41/19/40 140 128 14% 30 .290 2013 391 .258 .270 9 86 26 38/20/42 109 128 12% 17 .213 2014 633 .272 .299 7 89 27 46/19/35 122 139 14% 28 .263 2015 184 .245 .288 6 88 23 43/18/40 120 122 17% ...
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