I don't think you are missing anything. I've tried to export the same data to prove my hunch along the same lines (all my "extreme pull" guys always struggle to hit for AVG). But for now it's still just a hunch with no data to back it up.
Would make perfect sense though. Presumably most of the managers in the higher levels are aware of basic sabre concepts like using the shift heavily. And shifts are pretty new in MLB, so a lot of historical cards with pull tendencies managed to hit for good AVG during their era because no one was shifting. But they would have suffered tremendously from the shift if they played today's game.
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