Plate discipline, some have it, some don’t

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There’s more High Heat Stats analysis in the April 27-May 3 issue of USA Today Sports Weekly, this time from Aidan Jackson-Evans. He uses Baseball Info Solutions data to explain how a batter’s plate discipline can affect his overall production by complementing/conflicting with his skill set, selecting real-life examples from the Minnesota Twins lineup.

Here is the link to the column. High Heat Stats is contributing to the magazine every week this season, so stay tuned for future links or consider picking up a print copy.

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Doug

7 years ago

Matt Kemp is someone that comes to mind in this regard. His monster season was 2011 when he swung at 32% of pitches out of the zone, but made contact on 66% of those swings.

Since then, his plate discipline has remained about the same (until last year) but his contact results have been all over the map.

Season….OZ-Swing %….OZ-Contact %….Z-Contact %
2011………32%………………66%……………….78%
2012………32%………………62%……………….80%
2013………31%………………46%……………….80%
2014………32%………………53%……………….81%
2015………36%………………63%……………….83%