How often do you strike out?

[James Smith]

In Rec. DD doesn’t strike out at all. In school ball when she sees some TB pitchers are strikes out every so often.

Striking out once in 65 ABs against college pitchers is silly. When she gets healthy again they might not let her pitch so she can bat every game.

 

[GOINGDEEP]

In Rec. DD doesn’t strike out at all. In school ball when she sees some TB pitchers are strikes out every so often.

Striking out once in 65 ABs against college pitchers is silly. When she gets healthy again they might not let her pitch so she can bat every game.

Ive enjoyed watching her bat this year, it may be her last. She's doing her fast track to RN, and has been accepted into St Jude Children's Research Hospital ( nationally known ) for the experience. Going to leave little time for ball. I hate it on one side, but know she will be successful beyond the chalk lines.

 

[GunnerShotgun]

beyond the chalk lines.

What is this life beyond the chalk lines you speak of?

 

[GOINGDEEP]

What is this life beyond the chalk lines you speak of?

Not 100% sure, but it reminds me of the "Twilight Zone" series I watched as a kid. Surely a life beyond ball must be some evil parallel universe.

 

[CoogansBluff]

19 SO, 161 AB last year. Missing one tournament, but that's close.

I'm not sure what to make of SO/AB stats. My DD used to never strike out, and she wasn't that good of a hitter at the time (10U/12U). Hit OK for average, but no power. Now, she strikes out much more (maybe 12 percent of the time vs. 5 percent of the time), but hits better overall because of more power.

At the higher levels, I'm not sure there the correlation between PCT-in-play and effective hitting is as high as one might think. Further, the value of putting the ball in play is less at higher levels because defenses are better.

Edit: I meant she used to strike out 5 percent of the time, not 45 percent.

 

[CoogansBluff]

Two travel teams stats last year --

102 SO, 662 AB (that's a little high)
133 SO, 1348 AB (but against lesser competition)

 

[dadonachair]

Played 102 games last year. I have no idea how many PA's. Struck out 8 times. Every one was looking. She puts the bat on the ball.

 

[WaSpeed02]

Way, way too much at 10U last year. 39 K's in 147 PA's. On the bright side, she was recruited to TB as a pitcher and did some K damage from the other end. 223 K's in 135 2/3 innings. She's worked really hard since December to bring her plate #'s up to par.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

A strike out is simply an out ..... and in some cases it is the preferred out.

Baseball Between The Numbers:
"Studies have shown that a player who strikes out a lot isn't hurting his team by any significant margin versus a player who strikes out far less, assuming their other statistics are the same."

Much more informative are a player's AVG, OBP & SLG stats.

Simply putting the ball in play isn't overly noteworthy.

 

[Lenski]

A strike out is simply an out ..... and in some cases it is the preferred out.

Baseball Between The Numbers:
"Studies have shown that a player who strikes out a lot isn't hurting his team by any significant margin versus a player who strikes out far less, assuming their other statistics are the same."

Much more informative are a player's AVG, OBP & SLG stats.

Simply putting the ball in play isn't overly noteworthy.

Is this a quote concerning MLB? If so then I would agree. However, if we're talking rec, TB, HS, and college softball, I must disagree. Many more errors occur in SB because it is a much faster game and because of the level of talent. I would imagine OBP to AVG ratio is noticably higher in SB at most levels.