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Monday, April 26, 2004
Erstad really does hit a lot of liners. Who knew?
Hardball Times has started to keep some secondary statistics, such as RC/27, Gross Production Average (or GPA), and Line-Drive % (or LD%). Apparently the stats show that Erstad hits a line drive in 19.2% of his at-bats. That's a pretty high percentage for someone who hardly ever puts bat-to-ball. That's a higher percentage then any Angel regular, other then Garret Anderson (25.4%). That includes Troy Glaus (15.4%) and Vladimir Guererro (15.1%).
Very interesting. I always figured that was one of those claims made by less knowlegeable fans (right after he's a good clubhouse-guy) to make excuses for Erstad, and it would be disproven by the numbers. I guess not...
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