Last year, Major League Baseball set an all-time record when 33.5% of all plate appearances ended in a walk, strikeout or homers (the “three true outcomes“).
Here at the VORG, monitoring “TTO” is one of our pet projects. Each month this season, we’ll be checking on the assault on the TTO record, both on the league and player level.
Through May 31st, though the rate decreased from April’s 34.6%, MLB is still ahead of the record pace of 2017 with a TTO mark of 34.1%.
| PA | HR | BB | SO | TTO% |
| 63868 | 1888 | 5557 | 14306 | 34.1% |
On the individual level, no batting title qualifier this season is besting Joey Gallo‘s record of 58.7%, set last season. However, there are currently only two players above 50%. Here’s the top ten:
| Name | PA | HR | BB | SO | TTO% |
| Aaron Judge | 241 | 15 | 43 | 70 | 53.1% |
| Joey Gallo | 233 | 15 | 22 | 82 | 51.1% |
| Yoan Moncada | 202 | 7 | 22 | 71 | 49.5% |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 230 | 7 | 31 | 71 | 47.4% |
| Chris Davis | 201 | 4 | 18 | 72 | 46.8% |
| Rhys Hoskins | 216 | 6 | 34 | 61 | 46.8% |
| Kyle Schwarber | 185 | 10 | 31 | 45 | 46.5% |
| Bryce Harper | 245 | 18 | 47 | 48 | 46.1% |
| Mike Trout | 252 | 18 | 50 | 48 | 46.0% |
| Justin Bour | 210 | 10 | 37 | 47 | 44.8% |