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June 28, 2007

Getting The Runner In From Third

In a recent comment made to an entry here, I was asked:

What's the "percentage of times [the Yankees] score a runner from third and less than 2 outs"?

Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index, I can share the answer.

It's 45% of the time.

Here's the results for the Yankees, to date, when there's a runner on third with no outs:

On3rdNoout.jpg

And, here's the results for the Yankees, to date, when there's a runner on third with one out:

On3rdOneOut.jpg

From the two charts above, you don't want Miguel Cairo or Robinson Cano up in this situation. Guys like Matsui, Jeter, Cabrera, and Damon are a better bet.

Posted by Steve Lombardi at June 28, 2007 10:03 AM

Comments

Baseball reference is awesome. Great work by those guys, the features they've been adding.

Posted by: Raf [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 28, 2007 10:22 AM