Baseball Graph's "Batted Ball" Tables

Dave Studeman of Baseballgraph.com and Hardballtimes.com came up with an interesting data table a ways back. He calls them "batted ball" tables and they summarize the batted ball types and run values for batters, pitchers or entire teams:

Batted Ball Library Index

That index gives you all the background information you'll need to understand the tables (hint: read all the linked Hardball Times articles). The index also includes links to team specific pages.

Let's take a quick look at Milwaukee's Summary batted ball table:

 
     Net Runs per Ball     % of Batted Balls    %/OF    %/PA      
       BFP    OF    LD      GB  OF%  LD%  GB%    HR     K  BB
2002  6083  0.02  0.37   -0.12  30%  20%  47%   10%   18%   9%   
2003  6270  0.08  0.36   -0.12  30%  21%  45%   14%   19%  10%   
2004  6195  0.08  0.31   -0.10  31%  19%  45%   10%   21%  10%   
2005  6156  0.07  0.32   -0.11  31%  22%  43%   12%   19%  10%
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Avg.  6176  0.06  0.34   -0.11  31%  21%  45%   11%   20%  10%   
Vs MLB      0.03 -0.02   -0.01  -1%   0%   1%    0%    3%   0%
 


Total Net Runs

           OF     LD      GB     IF     NIP    Tot    R/G  
2002     26.9  315.3  -235.8  -37.0  -152.3  -104.7  -0.7
2003    102.6  322.3  -238.5  -41.5  -160.1  - 28.4  -0.2
2004     98.2  250.0  -189.6  -38.8  -189.4  - 81.2  -0.5 
2005     89.9  305.3  -197.8  -36.8  -147.4  -  6.4   0.0
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Avg.     79.4  297.9  -215.0  -38.6  -162.1  - 54.7  -0.3
Vs MLB   31.7  -29.8  - 20.4    7.0  - 48.2

There is a heck of a lot of data in these tables to digest. I suggest going through the author's example on the index page to learn how to read these things.

The Brewers sure have struck out alot the last 4 years.