Fun Splits Time, with Baseball-Reference!

Because I was a grumpy Gus last time, I’ll keep this one Buddy Bell-criticism-free.

Every single stat I quote is courtesy of B-Ref. More specifically, courtesy of this page.

Batting Order
1—98 plate appearances, 4 HR, 09 RBI | 333/408/552 | .960 OPS
2—95 plate appearances, 2 HR, 13 RBI | 264/319/402 | .721 OPS
3—89 plate appearances, 2 HR, 10 RBI | 237/348/368 | .716 OPS
4—87 plate appearances, 3 HR, 12 RBI | 286/345/468 | .813 OPS
5—87 plate appearances, 1 HR, 10 RBI | 238/264/321 | .585 OPS
6—87 plate appearances, 1 HR, 08 RBI | 197/287/329 | .616 OPS
7—84 plate appearances, 3 HR, 07 RBI | 167/214/346 | .560 OPS
8—83 plate appearances, 3 HR, 06 RBI | 236/325/458 | .783 OPS
9—81 plate appearances, 0 HR, 04 RBI | 213/263/333 | .596 OPS

There’s a real dead spot at number six—three games ended with it as its last out, and the seven-spot has two more home runs but one less RBI. Also, John Buck is single-handedly saving LaRue from making that eight-spot embarrassing. That five-spot (Gordon for awhile, now often Gload or Brown) is pretty weak. David DeJesus, of course, is rocking that leadoff spot. Have I mentioned how much I like DeJesus yet? It’s interesting, the oft-theorized Top-OPS-to-Bottom-OPS lineup is almost happening, were it not for Buck bringing up that eight-spot and the cleanup hitter doing well.

(Sidenote: In 13 times with the bases loaded, the Royals are 0-for-11 with two walks.)

Number of Outs in Inning
0—280 PA, .276/.338/.469
1—252 PA, .225/.282/.357
2—259 PA, .225/.309/.364

Versus Power/Finesse Pitchers
B-Ref’s definition of power, finesse, and neutral: “Power pitchers strike out or walk more than 28% of batters faced, Finesse pitchers strike out or walks less than 24% of batters faced. Stats are based on the three years before and after (when available), and the season for when the split is computed. A split in 1994 would consider years 1991-1997.”
Vs. Power—287 PA, .190/.282/.282
Vs. Neutral—152 PA, .246/.316/.391
Vs. Finesse—352 PA, .283/.331/.494