Respect For Homeruns

[Grandstander]

Originally Posted by Simp

Sorry, I lost myself as well. I read your post too quick. I missed the part where you said there were 10,000 position players. I don't have access to the DB now. It can be downloaded for free here: Download Database - baseball1.com

If you have MS Access you can download that version. If you have Excel you can downlaod the comma-delimited version. You can then import the tables to Excel and use "text to columns" to get the data in a spreadsheet format. At least I think that's how I did it. If any of this is foreign to you I can help out some. I will try longtime's query tomorrow, unless someone beats me to it.

Thanks. I'm the sort who appreciates reading the results of the detailed research and number crunching of others, but not the sort with the patience to put in the time myself in the name of precision. My goal here was to make a general point, and jtur summed it up well when he wrote that MLB:

has yielded a very high number of players dominated by a very small number of people who genuinely distinguished themselves in the game with longevity of career, with a very steep curve at the end of the chart.

That steep curve, that's what's interesting to me, learning that around 90% of all the position players who have made the roster of a big league club, have not stuck around long enough to hit 75 homeruns.

[bedir than average]

THere's a lot of Moonlight Grahams

[jackmcmanus21]

great post...alarming information. I can't believe most players haven't hit 75 homers. 10 homers a season for 8 years doesn't seem like a lot to ask

[Simp]

Thanks. I'm the sort who appreciates reading the results of the detailed research and number crunching of others, but not the sort with the patience to put in the time myself in the name of precision. My goal here was to make a general point, and jtur summed it up well when he wrote that MLB:


Yeah, I thought you had a cool idea and thought I'd give it a try myself.

[Simp]

Originally Posted by LongtimeBravesFan

Simp, what are the numbers to reach 10% or 1% if you use 502 career plate appearances as a cutoff? I picked that number because that is one full season of PAs to qualify for a batting title.

Do you have a link to where you are getting these numbers?

To make the top 10% (466 players) 136 HRs are needed.

To make the top 1% (47 players) 390 HRs are needed.

I posted where and how to get the numbers in a response to Grandstander. I'll copy it here:

Download Database - baseball1.com

If you have MS Access you can download that version. If you have Excel you can downlaod the comma-delimited version. You can then import the tables to Excel and use "text to columns" to get the data in a spreadsheet format. At least I think that's how I did it. If any of this is foreign to you I can help out some. I will try longtime's query tomorrow, unless someone beats me to it.