Conference Hitting Stats

[KurtRambis4]

For those that said (continue to say) we sucked at hitting...

we were 3rd in BAvg, R, H, BB, RBI, TB, OB%
we were 5th in HR & Slg%

Pretty amazing we finished behind only LSU and Vandy in most of those, considering we couldn't hit that well (according to some). Also, take into account we had the second toughest SOS in the league.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

I don't know where you got your stats or I'd look it up, but where do we rank in HBP?

 

[patdog]

The new bat standards are killing the game. It's almost impossible to have a decent offensive team any more. I understand they needed to tone the bats down a little more since as bats aged they started exceeding the old limits. But they've gone WAY too far. I still honestly think a team could improve offensively just by switching to wood bats.

 

[KurtRambis4]

Tied for 3rd

http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/Portals/3/SEC Website/Baseball/2013/lgconf.htm

 

[CochiseCowbell]

I agree with switching to wooden bats as well. (Though I've never played with any during competition. I think my generation was the first where aluminum was used). They'll be using them on the next level anyway. The argument is always cost from what I hear. Which is head-scratching because Easton's et al. are ridiculously expensive, or were when I played, rather. I assume it's the cost of replacing wooden bats that become broken or damaged. I'm of the opinion that most teams/schools in major conferences could absorb this cost, however other smaller schools may not be able to.

Surely one of y'all has more information on this that you want to share. I bet engie, could give us a statistical breakdown on performance of wood vs aluminum vs new "deader" aluminum. Then, the financial whizzes could breakdown the cost/risk/replacement analysis.

P.S. My apologies if there's already a thread on this.

 

[jb1020]

Is there a batting avg stat wit RISP? I swear I used to think we never got clutch hits but then heard on the radio we were near the top of the league...could be mistaken

 

[RocketDawg]

I can't give you any comparison data, but all I ever used was wood bats, from little league on up. And they are great ... nothing like the feel of a wood bat striking the ball solidly. I've used aluminum in softball, but don't really like them.

I'm sure the life cycle cost for wood bats would be more, but I don't really think it would be that much more, considering how much athletic departments spend on other things. Just a wild guess, but I would think it would be less than $5K additional in a season for wood, and that's peanuts nowadays. I think even small schools could absorb the cost with no trouble. Baseball is cheap to put on compared to football.

 

[Philly Dawg]

Here is what I've been told re: wood bats. (1) They are much more expensive because you have to by many bats over the course of the year (retail for wooden bats about 80-175 and you go through many of them per player in a year). (2) Use by colleges would lead to shortages of the types of wood used to make the bats, causing them to be even more expense. (3) Its unclear that enough wood could be grown in the short term for wooden bats by all of the college teams.