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PIT "Expected" Batting Results, 2017


About These Stats:

The form of "projection" used is very simple: each man's career numbers are pro-rated by his actual number of appearances to date this season; those data, labelled "proj:" are shown along with the man's actual stats from this year to date. At the bottom of the Table, each set of lines—"projected" and actual—is separately summed to get Team Totals for each dataset.

Note that "career to date" includes each man's stats for the current year: "to date" is literally correct. For veteran players, that matters little, but for rookies or players with litle prior major-league experience, it means that the "projection" will perforce nearly or exactly match the actual stats to date. That seems like the best way to deal with newly arrived players' stats.

Note that owing to rounding in the pro-rating process, projected total PA (plate appearances) may occasionally differ by 1.

Below the player/team table is a smaller table showing a few key team "rate" stats (such as batting average) actual and projected.

The Actual Data:

Through games of Friday, 26 May 2017.
All results are from true, unadjusted data.

Handedness Key:   + R   * L   # S

(You can also look up the stat definitions.)

Batters, listed in alphabetical order:
Each name is a click-on link to that man's career stats.

(or see the data for Pitching)


Man AB H 2B 3B HR BB SF SH HBP SO SB CS PA
Barbato, Johnny 2017: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Barbato, Johnny proj: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bastardo, Antonio 2017: 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bastardo, Antonio proj: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bell, Josh 2017: 156 37 10 0 9 20 0 0 1 33 1 1 177
Bell, Josh proj: 153 39 10 0 6 22 2 0 1 28 1 1 178
Bormann, John 2017: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Bormann, John proj: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Bostick, Chris 2017: 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 5
Bostick, Chris proj: 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 5
Cervelli, Francisco 2017: 135 34 10 1 3 14 1 0 2 27 0 2 152
Cervelli, Francisco proj: 132 37 6 1 2 15 1 1 2 27 1 1 151
Cole, Gerrit 2017: 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 19
Cole, Gerrit proj: 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 19
Diaz, Elias 2017: 9 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 11
Diaz, Elias proj: 10 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 11
Frazier, Adam 2017: 101 35 4 1 3 13 0 0 2 13 2 4 116
Frazier, Adam proj: 104 33 5 1 2 11 0 0 1 16 3 2 116
Freese, David 2017: 95 24 3 0 5 15 1 0 2 25 0 0 113
Freese, David proj: 101 28 5 0 3 9 1 0 2 26 0 0 113
Glasnow, Tyler 2017: 12 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 17
Glasnow, Tyler proj: 13 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 5 0 0 17
Gosselin, Phil 2017: 29 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 1 30
Gosselin, Phil proj: 28 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 30
Hanson, Alen 2017: 52 10 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7 2 0 54
Hanson, Alen proj: 52 11 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 2 1 54
Harrison, Josh 2017: 175 54 7 1 6 10 2 1 8 28 5 3 196
Harrison, Josh proj: 182 52 10 2 3 7 2 2 3 28 6 2 196
Jaso, John 2017: 98 19 7 0 3 14 0 0 0 25 1 0 112
Jaso, John proj: 96 25 6 1 2 14 1 0 1 17 1 0 112
Kuhl, Chad 2017: 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 12
Kuhl, Chad proj: 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 12
LeBlanc, Wade 2017: 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5
LeBlanc, Wade proj: 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5
Lindblom, Josh 2017: 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Lindblom, Josh proj: 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Marte, Starling 2017: 54 13 1 0 2 3 1 0 1 17 2 2 59
Marte, Starling proj: 54 16 3 1 1 3 0 0 2 13 4 1 59
McCutchen, Andrew 2017: 176 36 7 1 6 17 1 0 0 37 5 1 194
McCutchen, Andrew proj: 167 48 10 2 7 23 2 0 2 35 6 2 194
Mercer, Jordy 2017: 158 38 4 0 4 25 0 0 0 26 0 3 183
Mercer, Jordy proj: 165 42 8 1 3 14 1 2 1 29 1 1 183
Moroff, Max 2017: 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 9
Moroff, Max proj: 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 9
Ngoepe, Gift 2017: 51 12 2 1 0 8 0 0 0 24 0 0 59
Ngoepe, Gift proj: 51 12 2 1 0 8 0 0 0 24 0 0 59
Nova, Ivan 2017: 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 15 0 0 27
Nova, Ivan proj: 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17 0 0 27
Ortiz, Danny 2017: 12 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 13
Ortiz, Danny proj: 12 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 13
Osuna, Jose 2017: 75 16 3 2 3 5 0 0 2 12 0 0 82
Osuna, Jose proj: 75 16 3 2 3 5 0 0 2 12 0 0 82
Polanco, Gregory 2017: 123 32 11 0 2 14 0 0 1 18 6 1 139
Polanco, Gregory proj: 125 32 7 1 3 13 1 0 0 26 5 2 139
Stewart, Chris 2017: 37 8 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 6 0 0 42
Stewart, Chris proj: 37 9 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 6 0 0 42
Taillon, Jameson 2017: 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 11
Taillon, Jameson proj: 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 11
Watson, Tony 2017: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Watson, Tony proj: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Williams, Trevor 2017: 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 9
Williams, Trevor proj: 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 10
2017 TEAM TOTALS: 1638 385 72 10 46 174 6 13 20 354 24 20 1852
PROJECTED: 1647 423 79 14 35 160 11 17 18 356 30 15 1853
difference: -9 -38 -7 -4 +11 +14 -5 -4 +2 -2 -6 +5 -1
Man AB H 2B 3B HR BB SF SH HBP SO SB CS PA


Assorted Team Stats:
Stat Actual Projected
Batting Average: .235 .257
Slugging Average: .375 .386
Walks (per PA): .094 .086
SOs (per PA): .191 .192
On-Base Average: .313 .324
Power Factor: 1.6 1.5
OPS: .688 .710
TOP Runs (to date): 194 207

Runs differential:
Actual TOP 13 less than Projected TOP.


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