RESEARCH: Batting order and relevant stats
Apr 4 2013
In past seasons, Brett Gardner (OF, NYY) has not had a set position in the batting order. In 2011 (his last full season before last year's injury issues), he hit leadoff in 57 games and 7th, 8th or 9th 91 times. Going into the 2013 season, the Yankees seem committed to making Gardner their full-time leadoff hitter. Will this change impact Gardner's statistical output?
This research examines batting order position data from 2010-2012 to address that question. We also checked for differences between the AL and NL, because of the use of the DH in the AL.
Method
We looked at batting splits by batting order position, separately for the AL and the NL for the three seasons of 2010-2012. We focused on the 5x5 stats that may be more influenced...
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