FACTS/FLUKES: Marte, T. Ross, N. Walker, Liriano, Phillips
May 27 2015
Lucky hr/f propelling Marte … Starling Marte (OF, PIT) got everyone excited when he showed significant growth in the 2H of 2014. He has roared out of the gates with a .284 BA and 9 HR (just 4 shy of his 2014 total). Is this the year Marte puts it all together?
Year AB BA xBA bb% ct% HctX h% GB/LD/FB PX xPX hr/f Spd SBO HR/SB ==== === ==== ==== === === ==== == ======== === === ==== === === ===== 2012 167 .257 .249 5% 70 94 34 57/18/25 110 83 18% 205 46% 5/12 2013 510 .280 .260 5% 73 100 36 51/22/28 116 98 12% 193 47% 12/41 2014 495 .291 .264 6% 74 105 37 47/23/29 119 114 13% 167 32% 13/30...
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