The Power Hitter Pantheon: Baseball’s Greatest Home Run Heroes
Moreover, just by looking at him he looked like he had gap power as well. Many of the Japanese power hitters I believed growing up were just as good as power hitters. If anything they could get many extra base hits. I'm a sucker for the gap hitters.
I believe they’re taught to play the game correctly with respect to hitting
They don’t solely focus on crushing the ball, but instead spray it across all fields
Homers per rate at bats, I'm looking at Big Mac numbers here. At his peak in the 90's, before 98 it was something like 15.88
Moreover, just by looking at him he looked like he had gap power as well. Many of the Japanese power hitters I believed growing up were just as good as power hitters. If anything they could get many extra base hits. I'm a sucker for the gap hitters.
I believe they’re taught to play the game correctly with respect to hitting
They don’t solely focus on crushing the ball, but instead spray it across all fields
Homers per rate at bats, I'm looking at Big Mac numbers here. At his peak in the 90's, before 98 it was something like 15.88