Counts for 2004

In my article this week on The Hardball Times I talked about hitting in different counts. Here's some supporting data for 2004 that shows what all players in the majors hit in different counts.

The columns AVG-SO and SLUG-SO illustrate what hitters hit in the count when strikeouts are taken out of the equation.

Count   PA      AB    H    2B   3B   HR   TB   BB  IBB  HBP   SO   AVG  SLUG  AVG-SO SLUG-SO
 0-2  14325   14029 2314   448   49  199 3457    0    0  185 6483 0.165 0.246   0.307   0.458
 1-2  25600   25187 4462   788   80  427 6691    0    0  28310847 0.177 0.266   0.311   0.467
 2-2  24396   24064 4735   897   95  525 7397    0    0  187 9286 0.197 0.307   0.320   0.501
 3-2  23146   15914 3599   746   82  518 6063 7047    5   76 5212 0.226 0.381   0.336   0.567
 0-1  17034   16265 5116   998   90  489 7761    0    0  305    0 0.315 0.477   0.315   0.477
 1-1  16925   16382 5331  1056   96  602 8385    0    0  199    0 0.325 0.512   0.325   0.512
 1-0  14195   13736 4643  1009  107  651 7819    0    0  118    0 0.338 0.569   0.338   0.569
 0-0  23249   21732 7387  1457  147  95912015    0    0  376    0 0.340 0.553   0.340   0.553
 2-1  10651   10408 3539   738   78  485 5888    0    0   76    0 0.340 0.566   0.340   0.566
 2-0   5074    4952 1706   408   37  273 3007    0    0   25    0 0.345 0.607   0.345   0.607
 3-1   9358    4397 1579   351   36  288 2866 4809   79   15    0 0.359 0.652   0.359   0.652
 3-0   4586     287  111    23    1   35  241 2985 1297    5    0 0.387 0.840   0.387   0.840

I also talked about the frequency of hitting in different counts that showed the leaders in working themselves into hitter's counts did so at a rate of around 30-33%. Below are the averages in 2004.

Count   PA     Pct      Counts
 0-2  14325   0.076     Hitters  0.233
 1-2  25600   0.136     Pitchers 0.302
 2-2  24396   0.129     Neutral  0.465
 3-2  23146   0.123
 0-1  17034   0.090
 1-1  16925   0.090
 1-0  14195   0.075
 0-0  23249   0.123
 2-1  10651   0.056
 2-0   5074   0.027
 3-1   9358   0.050
 3-0   4586   0.024