a very plunkful week
If you were watching baseball last week and thought you noticed a lot of people being hit by pitches you were right. 84 batters were struck and sent to first base in the week of August 3rd through the 9th, making that the most plunkful week of the year. Previously June 1st through 7th saw the most batters hit by pitches this season, with 81. Last week, one out of every 88 batters was hit by a pitch, which is about 29% higher than the season plunk rate. For the year, about one out of every 114 batters gets hit.
The last time there was a single week with more than 84 plunks was May 20-26th of 2007. But back in July of 2004, during the week of the 18th to the 24th, 98 batters got hit by pitches, which is the most of any week in the expansion era (since 1961) and very likely the most ever.
posted by pbr @ 8/14/2008 12:52:00 PM
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