FLB%: % of batted balls hit in the air. "I don't think anyone is ever going to throw a ball faster than he does," said fellow baseball player Joe DiMaggio of Feller. It's simply the percentage of batters that a pitcher strikes out minus the percentage of batters that. Meaning theres likely some point at which you could optimize a hitters ability to hit for average and still hit for power. window.PLAYERCARDS_CONFIG={affiliateCode:"fpros_cards"}; Copyright 2010- FantasyPros.com Because many years ago, Voros McCracken discovered that pitchers have far less control over what happens to the ball after it leaves the bat than we had previously thought. I looked at the relationship between K/BB and these two statistics with a scatter plot. He nearly accomplished the feat again five years later but struck out just 49.6 percent of the batters he faced. The Venezuelan southpaw threw the Mets only no-hitter in franchise history in 2012, but Santana would pitch in only 10 more games in his career afterwards due to injuries. He had three more strikeout crowns in between and overcame a mid-career stretch that had many questioning if he had anything left. (Bieber leads the league with 68 strikeouts so far . Use this as a general guide. A Deep Look Into Hitter Strikeout Rate (K%). Click here to order the paperback edition on Amazon. Because he was so dominant, people forget that Martinez weighed a buck-75 when soaking wet.