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From: Wayback1918 on 13 Sep 2009 18:28 Francona's Bunt tendencies......... Total bunt attempts (SH + Bunting for a hit) 38 Successful SH 18 Bunting for Hit 11/20 .555 BA Safe on error 1 By Month (a little more often as the season goes on) April 0 May 2 June 3 July 4 August 4 Sept 5 Never when ahead in the count.....either 2-0, 2-1 or 3-1 1 came with 2 strikes SH attempts by inning 1st 0 2nd 0 3rd 0 4th 5 5th 3 6th 2 7th 1 8th 6 9th 0 extra 1 All 18 Sac bunts came while the score was within 4 runs .....15 came while the score was within 3 runs .....14 came while the score was within 2 runs .....7 came while the score was within 1 runs ......5 came while the score was tied. 10 Sac bunts were with a man on 1st 3 Sac bunts were with a man on 2nd 5 Sac bunts were with men on 1st and 2nd Only one Sac bunt was by a pitch hitter....(Julio Lugo) Two were by pitchers in inter-league play 8 were when the batter had the platoon advantage (LHB vs RPH or RHB vs LHP) 10 were when the wasn't a platoon advantage (LHB vs LHP or RHB vs RHP) SH by player Ellsbury 5 Gonzalez 3 Pedroia 3 Green 2 Lester 2 Lugo 1 Drew 1 Bunt Hits Ellsbury 6 (11 att) Lugo 2 (2 att) Gonzalez 2 (2 att) Green 1 (5 att)
From: The Venerable Sarge on 13 Sep 2009 18:52 On Sep 13, 6:28 pm, Wayback1918 <wayback1...(a)verizon.net> wrote: > Francona's Bunt tendencies......... > > Total bunt attempts (SH + Bunting for a hit) 38 > > Successful SH 18 > > Bunting for Hit 11/20 .555 BA > > Safe on error 1 > > By Month (a little more often as the season goes on) > April 0 > May 2 > June 3 > July 4 > August 4 > Sept 5 > > Never when ahead in the count.....either 2-0, 2-1 or 3-1 > 1 came with 2 strikes > > SH attempts by inning > 1st 0 > 2nd 0 > 3rd 0 > 4th 5 > 5th 3 > 6th 2 > 7th 1 > 8th 6 > 9th 0 > extra 1 > > All 18 Sac bunts came while the score was within 4 runs > ....15 came while the score was within 3 runs > ....14 came while the score was within 2 runs > ....7 came while the score was within 1 runs > .....5 came while the score was tied. > > 10 Sac bunts were with a man on 1st > 3 Sac bunts were with a man on 2nd > 5 Sac bunts were with men on 1st and 2nd > > Only one Sac bunt was by a pitch hitter....(Julio Lugo) > Two were by pitchers in inter-league play > > 8 were when the batter had the platoon advantage (LHB vs RPH or RHB vs > LHP) > 10 were when the wasn't a platoon advantage (LHB vs LHP or RHB vs RHP) > > SH by player > Ellsbury 5 > Gonzalez 3 > Pedroia 3 > Green 2 > Lester 2 > Lugo 1 > Drew 1 > > Bunt Hits > Ellsbury 6 (11 att) > Lugo 2 (2 att) > Gonzalez 2 (2 att) > Green 1 (5 att) Interesting stuff - you probably know I like the sac with a man on 1st but not crazy about doing it to get a runner from 2nd to 3rd. The advantage of doing it during the regular season is that in the post season when you really feel the need, you aren't asking a guy to bunt when he hasn't done it in game conditions all year.
From: wayback1918 on 13 Sep 2009 19:19 On Sep 13, 6:52 pm, The Venerable Sarge <srgntbi...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Sep 13, 6:28 pm, Wayback1918 <wayback1...(a)verizon.net> wrote: > > > > > > > Francona's Bunt tendencies......... > > > Total bunt attempts (SH + Bunting for a hit) 38 > > > Successful SH 18 > > > Bunting for Hit 11/20 .555 BA > > > Safe on error 1 > > > By Month (a little more often as the season goes on) > > April 0 > > May 2 > > June 3 > > July 4 > > August 4 > > Sept 5 > > > Never when ahead in the count.....either 2-0, 2-1 or 3-1 > > 1 came with 2 strikes > > > SH attempts by inning > > 1st 0 > > 2nd 0 > > 3rd 0 > > 4th 5 > > 5th 3 > > 6th 2 > > 7th 1 > > 8th 6 > > 9th 0 > > extra 1 > > > All 18 Sac bunts came while the score was within 4 runs > > ....15 came while the score was within 3 runs > > ....14 came while the score was within 2 runs > > ....7 came while the score was within 1 runs > > .....5 came while the score was tied. > > > 10 Sac bunts were with a man on 1st > > 3 Sac bunts were with a man on 2nd > > 5 Sac bunts were with men on 1st and 2nd > > > Only one Sac bunt was by a pitch hitter....(Julio Lugo) > > Two were by pitchers in inter-league play > > > 8 were when the batter had the platoon advantage (LHB vs RPH or RHB vs > > LHP) > > 10 were when the wasn't a platoon advantage (LHB vs LHP or RHB vs RHP) > > > SH by player > > Ellsbury 5 > > Gonzalez 3 > > Pedroia 3 > > Green 2 > > Lester 2 > > Lugo 1 > > Drew 1 > > > Bunt Hits > > Ellsbury 6 (11 att) > > Lugo 2 (2 att) > > Gonzalez 2 (2 att) > > Green 1 (5 att) > > Interesting stuff - you probably know I like the sac with a man on 1st > but not crazy about doing it to get a runner from 2nd to 3rd. The > advantage of doing it during the regular season is that in the post > season when you really feel the need, you aren't asking a guy to bunt > when he hasn't done it in game conditions all year.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Minor League Team SH totals Pawtucket 26 <= For Pawtucket a Sac Bunt is considered a rally. Portland 16 Salem 36 <= This manager could get fired Greenville 22 Lowell 13 Gulf Coast 11 Domincan Summer League 16 Obviously its not stressed in the minor league.
From: McDuck on 13 Sep 2009 20:46 On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:28:21 -0700 (PDT), Wayback1918 <wayback1918(a)verizon.net> wrote: >Francona's Bunt tendencies......... > >Total bunt attempts (SH + Bunting for a hit) 38 > >Successful SH 18 > >Bunting for Hit 11/20 .555 BA > >Safe on error 1 > > >By Month (a little more often as the season goes on) >April 0 >May 2 >June 3 >July 4 >August 4 >Sept 5 > >Never when ahead in the count.....either 2-0, 2-1 or 3-1 >1 came with 2 strikes > >SH attempts by inning >1st 0 >2nd 0 >3rd 0 >4th 5 >5th 3 >6th 2 >7th 1 >8th 6 >9th 0 >extra 1 > >All 18 Sac bunts came while the score was within 4 runs >....15 came while the score was within 3 runs >....14 came while the score was within 2 runs >....7 came while the score was within 1 runs >.....5 came while the score was tied. > >10 Sac bunts were with a man on 1st >3 Sac bunts were with a man on 2nd >5 Sac bunts were with men on 1st and 2nd > >Only one Sac bunt was by a pitch hitter....(Julio Lugo) >Two were by pitchers in inter-league play > >8 were when the batter had the platoon advantage (LHB vs RPH or RHB vs >LHP) >10 were when the wasn't a platoon advantage (LHB vs LHP or RHB vs RHP) > > >SH by player >Ellsbury 5 >Gonzalez 3 >Pedroia 3 >Green 2 >Lester 2 >Lugo 1 >Drew 1 > >Bunt Hits >Ellsbury 6 (11 att) >Lugo 2 (2 att) >Gonzalez 2 (2 att) >Green 1 (5 att) Neat stats. Thanks. Jacoby has a pretty good batting average (over .500) when he bunts. Maybe he should do it more. Or perhaps a few attempted sacrifices ended up as hits, inflating his "bunt hit" average.
From: wayback1918 on 14 Sep 2009 10:10
On Sep 13, 8:46 pm, McDuck <wallyDELETEMEMcD...(a)comcast.net> wrote: Bunting for a hit....or at least what gets recorded as such...seems to be a high percentage play. Red Sox 2009 11/20 .555 2008 30/45 .667 (Crisp 10/13; Ellsbury 10/15; Lugo 7/10) 2007 23/49 .469 (Crisp 8/19; Pedroia 4/9; Lugo 9/14) 2006 18/40 .450 (Crisp 5/8; Cora 4/4; Kapler 3/3) AL average 2009 225/516 .436 2008 271/632 .429 2007 244/596 .409 2006 235/601 .391 In fact the average in the AL is going up each year. |