By Chris Quick on February 4, 2009
In yesterday’s post we had a little fun with the TTO (Three True Outcomes) statistic. TTO% measures the chances a hitters AB will end in a home run, strikeout, or walk. Or, to put it another way, it celebrates hitters who do not put the ball in play. In today’s 2nd half post on TTO, [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged Andres Galarrage, bengie molina, Hackers, history, Jesus Alou, Matty Alou, Rob Deer, TTO
By Chris Quick on February 3, 2009
You’ll often hear a baseball player referred to as a “Three True Outcomes” hitter. Players like Rob Deer, Adam Dunn, and Russell Branyan are a few classic examples of TTO hitters. Each one of these players are either going to strike out, walk, or hit a home run in the majority of their at-bats. Thus, [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged barry bonds, billy north, bobby bonds, Dave Kingman, Dick Dietz, history, TTO
By Chris Quick on December 19, 2008
I’m a pretty big fan of baseball uniforms. The variation, the re-designs, the failures and successes, each is interesting in it’s own way. Today, I wanted to post some of my favorite Giants uniforms. It’s a departure from the usual stat-work but I think we can all agree that the uniforms are a huge part [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged history, stirrups, uniforms
By Chris Quick on August 7, 2008
If you’ve seen one game this year of Giants baseball you know that this team doesn’t hit for power. Not hitting for power means not hitting for home runs. El Lefty Malo recently touched on this conundrum. The Giants, as a team, aren’t projected to eclipse the century mark for home runs this year. They [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged christy mathewson, conor gillapsie, history, hitting, pitching, tim lincecum
