Friend of the VORG and ESPN SweetSpot Senior Writer David Schoenfield with some love for a wacky stat line:
Ryan Schimpf is on pace to hit .156 with 41 home runs and 104 walks and for the love of the baseball gods I hope he keeps it up.
— David Schoenfield (@dschoenfield) May 3, 2017
Schimpf’s line thru Tuesday:
| G | When available, we use actual plate appearances from play-by-play game accounts Otherwise estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH, which excludes catcher interferences. When this color click for a summary of each PA.”>PA |
AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played Bold indicates highest BA using current stats Gold means awarded title at end of year.” data-filter=”1″ data-name=”Batting Average”>BA |
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played” data-filter=”1″ data-name=”On-Base%”>OBP |
(1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR)/AB For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played” data-filter=”1″ data-name=”Slugging %”>SLG |
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played” data-filter=”1″ data-name=”On-Base Plus Slugging”>OPS |
100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG – 1] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s)”>OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 97 | 77 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 30 | .156 | .309 | .442 | .751 | 100 |
Generated 5/3/2017.
We’ve already discussed how his on-base percentage was double his batting average (its dipped just below that ratio now, but its still above the all-time ratio of 1.82 set by Jimmy Wynn in 1976).
Not only is Schimpf on pace for 104 walks, but he’s projected for 174 strikeouts. Here is the list of players to hit both of those marks in the same season, sorted by batting average. Schimpf’s .156 would obliterate that “record” by Adam Dunn in 2012:
| Bold can mean player is active for this team or player has appeared in MLB * means LHP or LHB, # means switch hitter, + can mean HOFer.”>Player |
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played Bold indicates highest BA using current stats Gold means awarded title at end of year.” data-filter=”1″ data-name=”Batting Average”>BA |
BB | SO | A Ring indicates the player appeared in WS for winning team.”>Year | Tm | When available, we use actual plate appearances from play-by-play game accounts Otherwise estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH, which excludes catcher interferences. When this color click for a summary of each PA.”>PA |
AB | For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played” data-filter=”1″ data-name=”On-Base%”>OBP |
(1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR)/AB For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played” data-filter=”1″ data-name=”Slugging %”>SLG |
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played” data-filter=”1″ data-name=”On-Base Plus Slugging”>OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Dunn | .204 | 105 | 222 | 2012 | CHW | 649 | 539 | .333 | .468 | .800 |
| Jack Cust | .231 | 111 | 197 | 2008 | OAK | 598 | 481 | .375 | .476 | .851 |
| Adam Dunn | .234 | 112 | 194 | 2006 | CIN | 683 | 561 | .365 | .490 | .855 |
| Jay Buhner | .243 | 119 | 175 | 1997 | SEA | 665 | 540 | .383 | .506 | .889 |
| Adam Dunn | .266 | 108 | 195 | 2004 | CIN | 681 | 568 | .388 | .569 | .956 |
| Jim Thome | .266 | 111 | 182 | 2003 | PHI | 698 | 578 | .385 | .573 | .958 |
| Adam Dunn | .267 | 116 | 177 | 2009 | WSN | 668 | 546 | .398 | .529 | .928 |
| Ryan Howard | .268 | 107 | 199 | 2007 | PHI | 648 | 529 | .392 | .584 | .976 |
| Jim Thome | .291 | 111 | 185 | 2001 | CLE | 644 | 526 | .416 | .624 | 1.040 |
| Ryan Howard | .313 | 108 | 181 | 2006 | PHI | 704 | 581 | .425 | .659 | 1.084 |
Generated 5/3/2017.
His current .442 slugging is nearly three times his .156 batting average (2.83 times to be precise). No batting title qualifier has ever compiled a ratio of slugging percentage to batting average that high. Barry Bonds 2001 campaign is the current full-season record-holder.
| Name | Season | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | SLG/AVG |
| Ryan Schimpf | 2017 | .156 | .309 | .442 | .751 | 2.83 |
| Joey Gallo | 2017 | .207 | .324 | .552 | .876 | 2.67 |
| Barry Bonds | 2001 | .328 | .515 | .863 | 1.378 | 2.63 |
| Mark McGwire | 1998 | .299 | .470 | .752 | 1.222 | 2.52 |
| Mark McGwire | 1999 | .278 | .424 | .697 | 1.121 | 2.51 |
| Trevor Story | 2017 | .170 | .271 | .404 | .675 | 2.38 |
| Carlos Pena | 2009 | .227 | .356 | .537 | .893 | 2.37 |
| Adam Dunn | 2012 | .204 | .333 | .468 | .801 | 2.29 |
| Barry Bonds | 2004 | .362 | .609 | .812 | 1.421 | 2.24 |
Schimpf also possesses a 4.814 ratio of slugging percentage to batting average. The last batting title qualifier to eclipse a 4.0 ratio? Barry Bonds in 2001.
| Name | Season | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS/AVG |
| Ryan Schimpf | 2017 | .156 | .309 | .442 | .751 | 4.814 |
| Joey Gallo | 2017 | .207 | .324 | .552 | .876 | 4.232 |
| Barry Bonds | 2001 | .328 | .515 | .863 | 1.378 | 4.201 |
| Mark McGwire | 1998 | .299 | .470 | .752 | 1.222 | 4.087 |
| Mark McGwire | 1999 | .278 | .424 | .697 | 1.121 | 4.032 |
| Trevor Story | 2017 | .170 | .271 | .404 | .675 | 3.971 |
| Carlos Pena | 2009 | .227 | .356 | .537 | .893 | 3.934 |
| Adam Dunn | 2012 | .204 | .333 | .468 | .801 | 3.926 |
| Barry Bonds | 2004 | .362 | .609 | .812 | 1.421 | 3.925 |
No batting title qualifier has managed an OPS+ of at least 100 while batting lower than Carlos Pena’s .196 in 2010. Schimpf would blitz that record if he kept his early-season futility up.
| Bold can mean player is active for this team or player has appeared in MLB * means LHP or LHB, # means switch hitter, + can mean HOFer.”>Player |
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played Bold indicates highest BA using current stats Gold means awarded title at end of year.” data-filter=”1″ data-name=”Batting Average”>BA |
100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG – 1] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s)”>OPS+ |
A Ring indicates the player appeared in WS for winning team.”>Year | When available, we use actual plate appearances from play-by-play game accounts Otherwise estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH, which excludes catcher interferences. When this color click for a summary of each PA.”>PA |
AB | H | For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played” data-filter=”1″ data-name=”On-Base%”>OBP |
(1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR)/AB For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played” data-filter=”1″ data-name=”Slugging %”>SLG |
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played” data-filter=”1″ data-name=”On-Base Plus Slugging”>OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Schimpf | .156 | 100 | 2017 | 97 | 77 | 12 | .309 | .442 | .751 |
| Carlos Pena | .196 | 103 | 2010 | 582 | 484 | 95 | .325 | .407 | .732 |
| Mark McGwire | .201 | 103 | 1991 | 585 | 483 | 97 | .330 | .383 | .714 |
| Adam Dunn | .204 | 114 | 2012 | 649 | 539 | 110 | .333 | .468 | .800 |
Generated 5/3/2017.