Dewan: Baseball Info Solutions' MLB year-end awards in 2018
From SABR member John Dewan at ACTA Sports on December 11, 2018:
We’re nearing the end of the year, so this seems like an appropriate time to bestow some statistically-driven baseball awards for 2018. These will round out the awards already given by the BBWAA. Without further ado…
The Hard-Hitter Award
Baseball Info Solutions charting is such that every batted ball is deemed hard, medium or soft-hit, based on the balls' location and velocity. The winner of the Hard-Hitter Award is the player who had the highest percentage of batted balls that were hard- hit.
That honor goes to Matt Carpenter of the Cardinals (49 percent). The next five players behind Carpenter were Braves catcher Tyler Flowers (48.9 percent), Diamondbacks outfielder David Peralta (48.6), Reds third baseman Eugenio Suarez (48.6), Cardinals and Rays outfielder Tommy Pham (48.5), and Rangers outfielder Joey Gallo (48.5).
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