Chase Utley breaks Phillies single season record
Chase Utley got hit by pitch for the 26th plunk of the season, during yesterdays game against the Brewers, breaking the single season record for the Phillies, which Utley set last year. He's just the third left-handed batter ever to get hit by 26 or more pitches in a season, behind Fernando Vina (28 in 2000) and Steve Evans (31 in 1910). Both Evans and Vina played for the Cardinals when they got hit that many times, so Chase Utley is the first non-Cardinal ever to get hit 26 times in a season while batting exclusively left-handed. (Dan McGann and Tommy Tucker got hit that many times in a season as switch-hitters).
If you ever wondered exactly where Chase Utley got hit all those times, MLB.com's gameday has the data on where each plunk was in space as it crossed the front of home plate. Below is that data, in chart form, showing each of Utley's 26 HBPs. The units on the graph are inches, and the red box is the approximate location of the strikezone. Sadly, the dots don't quite draw a perfect silhouette of Chase Utley.
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posted by pbr @ 9/15/2008 06:32:00 AM
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