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Statscape. (Baseball).(Brief Article)
There's an old maxim: The best pitch in baseball is Strike 1. The numbers the past five seasons leave no doubt.
AVG. OBP SLG OPS
After 0-1 .234 .279 .362 .641
After 1-0 .281 .390 .462 .852
Fall behind the hitter early and he'll perform more like Yankees All-Star shortstop Derek Jeter (career OPS .852) than Angels utility infielder Benji Gil (career OPS .645). That's one of the reasons hitters have been encouraged to be patient and work the count more in recent years.
But as hitters have become more passive, pitchers have tried to take advantage. They're throwing about 5 percent ...
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