Unusual Records

that is super interesting.

Don't know if it's a record, but one of Thermo's FB posts prompted me to look up Tony Gwynn's career splits, and Gwynn hit .302 for his career with two strikes (2053 plate appearances). I find that other-worldly. Checked Ichiro as a point of comparison: .253 over 4456 PA. (So Gwynn's splits are incomplete--and sure enough, nothing for Carew.)

According to this piece, it is indeed Gwynn. followed by bonds, then Helton!

but ya. probably not a lot of info on that going back a little.

That’s extraordinary.

I would have thought Boggs was up there. Whenever he got to two strikes my dad would go “now he’s got him right where he wants him.”

Looks like he was .262. Respectable but not even close.

http://baseballspast.com/samplepage_files/11094_master_%202_strike_hitting.pdf

Never thought to check Boggs--should have. I really wonder about Carew; wouldn't be shocked if he was .275+, he had amazing bat control.

gwynn's 1997, especially - .358 even with 2-strikes!

oh – and the post that got clem and i talking about two-strike hitting, was a video i shared of every two-strike foul ball Bo Bichette hit last season (there was well over 200, easily leading the league). he also led baseball, by a wide margin in total foul balls at 664.

haha, being awesome at hitting foul balls is very bad for watching baseball, but very good for Bo Bichette! stick control