FACTS/FLUKES: Carpenter, McCutchen, Bandy, Hellickson, Chacin
Jun 1 2017
Carpenter swinging for the fences ... Matt Carpenter (1B, STL) has provided plenty of power in 2017, but his batting average has surprisingly plummeted. What's the problem, and should he be expected to recover?
Year AB HR BA xBA bb% ct% G/L/F h% HctX PX xPX hr/f ==== === == ==== ==== === === ======== == ==== === === ==== 2013 626 11 .318 .293 10 84 39/27/34 36 117 116 103 6% 2014 595 8 .272 .253 14 81 41/24/35 32 117 80 97 5% 2015 574 28 .272 .278 12 74 30/29/42 32 119 164 167 16% 2016 473 21 .271 .282 15 77 31/26/43 31 131 144 174 13% 2017 159 9 .226 .242 18 72 28/22/49 25 127 124 160 16%
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