Table of Contents
- 1 Which player has the highest on base percentage ever?
- 2 What is a good fielding percentage?
- 3 What is a good era?
- 4 Who is the best fielding shortstop of all time?
- 5 Who is the hardest player to strikeout?
- 6 Is it possible to have a slugging average over 1?
- 7 What’s the best fielding percentage in MLB history?
- 8 Who is the all time leader in fielding%?
Which player has the highest on base percentage ever?
Ted Williams+
Career Leaders & Records for On-Base%
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | On-Base% |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ted Williams+ (19) | .4817 |
| 2. | Babe Ruth+ (22) | .4739 |
| 3. | John McGraw+ (17) | .4657 |
| 4. | Billy Hamilton+ (14) | .4552 |
What is a good fielding percentage?
Fielding percentages are very high for most major league players, more than 98% on average.
Who has the highest strikeout rate?
Career Leaders for Strikeout Percentage
| Strikeout Percentage All Time Leaders ‘Top 1,000’ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Percent (Raw) | Rank |
| Joe Sewell | 1.6 (1.5984) | 1 |
| Lloyd Waner | 2.2 (2.2259) | 2 |
| Nellie Fox | 2.3 (2.3397) | 3 |
Who has the best slugging percentage?
Babe Ruth+
Career Leaders & Records for Slugging %
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Slugging % |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Babe Ruth+ (22) | .6897 |
| 2. | Ted Williams+ (19) | .6338 |
| 3. | Lou Gehrig+ (17) | .6324 |
| 4. | Mule Suttles+ (21) | .6179 |
What is a good era?
In modern baseball, an ERA under 2.00 is considered exceptional and is rare. An ERA between 2.00 and 3.00 is also considered excellent and is only achieved by the best pitchers in the league. An ERA between 4.00 and 5.00 is average; the majority of pitchers have an ERA in this range.
Who is the best fielding shortstop of all time?
Single-Season Fielding Percentage Leaders at Shortstop
| Rank | Player (age) | Fielding % as SS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Bordick (36) | 0.9982 |
| 2 | Cal Ripken Jr. (29) | 0.9956 |
| 3 | Omar Vizquel (33) | 0.9954 |
| 4 | Carlos Correa (25) | 0.9953 |
What is a good slugging percentage?
450 slugging percentage is considered good and a . 550 slugging percentage is outstanding. Likewise, moving towards the extremes, a . 350 slugging percentage is poor and a .
Who was the hardest hitter to strikeout?
Juan Pierre
Juan Pierre, Miami Marlins Ever since Juan Pierre took his first step into a major league batter’s box, he’s been the most difficult hitter to strike out in baseball. Since 2000, Pierre has struck out just 5.7 percent of the time, the lowest of any other player.
Who is the hardest player to strikeout?
Over nearly 145 years of professional baseball, no player was tougher to strike out than Hall of Fame shortstop Joe Sewell. In 7,132 career at-bats, Sewell heard the umpire say “Strike three” just 114 times.
Is it possible to have a slugging average over 1?
No, because in order to have a slugging average that is higher than one, you would have to hit home runs every time you were up to bat. The reason college players slugging averages are higher than Pro Baseball players slugging average is because they have a smaller AB ratio.
Who holds the record for most hits in a season?
Ichiro Suzuki
Single-Season Leaders & Records for Hits
| Rank | Player (age that year) | Hits |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ichiro Suzuki (30) | 262 |
| 2. | George Sisler+ (27) | 257 |
| 3. | Lefty O’Doul (32) | 254 |
| Bill Terry+ (31) | 254 |
Who has the lowest ERA ever?
The lowest single-season ERA in league history was posted by Tim Keefe, whose 0.86 ERA in 105 innings pitched for the National League’s Troy Trojans in 1880 led his closest competitor by . 52 runs. In the American League, Dutch Leonard’s 0.96 ERA is a single-season record.
What’s the best fielding percentage in MLB history?
Become a Stathead today and run queries with our Season and Career Finders to see the best seasons in MLB history. Statistic Description: Fielding Percentage (Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors)
Who is the all time leader in fielding%?
Table Rank Player (yrs, age) Fielding % as OF Throws 1. Jon Jay (12, 36) .9958 L 2. Darin Erstad (14) .9955 L 3. Brian Downing (20) .9954 R 4. Darryl Hamilton (13) .9949 R
What is fielding percentage in Negro League Baseball?
Statistic Description: Fielding Percentage (Putouts + Assists) / (Putouts + Assists + Errors) Note that seasons prior to 1876 are not included in single-season marks, but are included in career marks. Rankings of Negro League players should consider that Negro League data is not complete.
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