although now that i look at it, utley is less prone to strike outs than howard or burrell. yes, he did have 132 strikeouts, second on the team. however this was over 658 at bats. this means that he struck out about 20% of the time, or 1 in 5 at bats.
burrell did have one less strike out at 131, but it was over many less at bats, 462 to be exact. that means he strikes out about 28% of the time or 1 in 3.5 at bats. i'd say that's significantly worse.
howard, however, had 181 strike outs, second in the national league, over 581 at bats. that puts him at 31% or i every 3.2 at bats. even worse than burrell.
so the statement that utley is less strikeout prone is completely true and not just in a marginal way. an 8 or 11 percent difference is huge. so matt you can suck it.
also if you want to look at it with plate appearances instead of just at bats here's the breakdown:
utley 132 so in 758 tpa = 17% or 1 in 5.7
burrell 131 so in 567 tpa = 23% or 1 in 4.3
howard 181 so in 704 tpa = 26% or 1 in 3.9
even those numbers speak volumes, and that is just last season.
here's 2005
utley 109 so in 543 ab and 628 tpa = 20% and 17% respectively oddly similar to 2006
burrell(good year for him btw) 160 so(second most in the nl, right behind adam dunn, who also was in front of howard last year) in 562 ab and 669 tpa = 28% and 24% not too dissimilar from 2006
howard 100 so in 312 ab and 348 tpa = 32% and 29% a little worse than 2006 but not by much.
here's a little more info for you:
burrell
year so/ab
2004 29%
2003 27%
2002 26%
2001 30%
2000 34%
there's some consistancy for you.
the evidense is clear, utley is clearly less prone to strikeouts than howard or burrell
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Strikeout prone= a stat that is one of the many ways to get out. Burrell had a higher OBP than Utley, albeit basically identical totals. Utley sees much better pitches with Howard/Burrell coming up behind him, the point is they both strikeout an average of once a game, and they both make outs almost the exact same percentage of the time, you're wasting your time proving one opinion that you pulled from another writers article, tried to pass it off as Uncle Charlie saying it, and now are wasting time backing up this opinion just so you won't be proven wrong. That was a ridiculously long post and waste of time for all parties that wasted their time reading it (I however just skipped to the comment part and posted this)
i was just proving a point. matt said that utley was not less strikeout prone than burrell, and i pointed out that he was. i never once stated that it meant anything more than he didn't strike out as often. and yes i did think that charlie had said that, and yes i read it in an article on the official phillies website. which i take to mean that it is from the phillies themselves, it being their website and all.
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