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 June 30th, though the rate decreased slightly from May’s 34.1%, MLB is still ahead of the record pace of 2017 with a TTO mark of 33.9%.
| PA | HR | BB | SO | TTO% |
| 94241 | 2822 | 8081 | 21090 | 33.9% |
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 three players above 50%. Here’s the top ten:
| Name | PA | HR | BB | SO | TTO% |
| Matt Davidson | 260 | 14 | 36 | 95 | 55.8% |
| Joey Gallo | 320 | 20 | 38 | 116 | 54.4% |
| Aaron Judge | 351 | 21 | 56 | 109 | 53.0% |
| Kyle Schwarber | 286 | 16 | 49 | 74 | 48.6% |
| Chris Davis | 268 | 7 | 22 | 99 | 47.8% |
| Bryce Harper | 352 | 20 | 65 | 82 | 47.4% |
| Yoan Moncada | 326 | 10 | 28 | 116 | 47.2% |
| Mike Trout | 372 | 24 | 74 | 72 | 45.7% |
| Giancarlo Stanton | 349 | 19 | 31 | 108 | 45.3% |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 356 | 17 | 48 | 96 | 45.2% |