FACTS/FLUKES: Hosmer, Quintana, Travis, Cashner, Maldonado
May 21 2017
Hosmer can’t recover 2016 power…Without a history of big power, Eric Hosmer (1B, KC) doesn’t fit the profile of the typical first baseman. But with 25 HR in 2016, it looked like things were changing. So far in 2017, the power’s been missing. Can Hosmer get back on track and start producing more dingers?
Year AB BA xBA bb% ct% h% G/L/F HctX HR PX xPX hr/f ==== === ==== ==== === === == ======== ==== == === === ==== 2013 623 .302 .287 8 84 34 53/22/25 129 17 96 105 13% 2014 503 .270 .259 7 82 32 51/17/32 117 9 99 100 7% 2015 599 .297 .290 9 82 34 52/23/34 116 18 102 94 15% 2016 605 .266 .263 9 78 30 59/16/25 109 25 97 89 21% 2017 ...
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