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Originally Posted by Jayhawk Bill
I ran reports on POPUP% (IF/FB %) for all AL batters with 150+ PA and all Boston Red Sox. AL POPUP% ranged from 21.9% for Mark Ellis to 1.5% for Delmon Young, with a median of 7.6%. For the Red Sox, here are the stats:
| NAME | POPUP% | | Joe Thurston | 57.10% | | David Ortiz | 13.00% | | Mike Lowell | 10.60% | | Coco Crisp | 10.30% | | Jacoby Ellsbury | 9.30% | | Jason Varitek | 7.00% | | J.D. Drew | 6.90% | | Kevin Youkilis | 6.00% | | Dustin Pedroia | 6.00% | | Alex Cora | 5.60% | | Manny Ramirez | 3.40% | | Jed Lowrie | 2.80% | | Julio Lugo | 0.00% | | Sean Casey | 0.00% | | Kevin Cash | 0.00% | | Brandon Moss | 0.00% | | Jonathan Van Every | 0.00% |
Flaw? Yeah, he's worse than average this year, and he was a bit worse in 2007, but it's not enough for me to worry about given his high LD%.
We can't all be Manny Ramirez.  |
Do player's typically popup to the same part of the field regardless of their rate? That's what I'd be curious to know. I didn't mean to suggest he pops up at an alarming rate, but when he does it's typically to the SS. That, to me, suggests he's doing something to account for this tendancy.