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Originally Posted by chaerulez
As a White Sox fan, I saw Jose play for a few years, there is no reason to increase his contact. This season is the fluke.
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Totally incorrect
H% last three years
2006 31%
2005 21%
2004 24%
If you do some research you will learn the average Hit% is 30. Anything 3% above or below will significantly effect on the players batting average since in baseball for every 10 balls in play 3 will be hits (simply put, I believe its a tad more complicated but this is off the top of my head). Same effect goes for hitters. Its a stat that shows how certain players have lucky or unlucky seasons. Valentin's 2005 was the most unlucky season I have ever seen. His 2004 was also unlucky, its very simple. This year, he isn't getting lucky BA wise he's right at where he should be.