Please, Don’t Beat the Worms
Tuesday, August 26, 2008by Geoff Young
In the Ducksnorts 2008 Baseball Annual I noted that Adrian Gonzalez didn't ground into many double plays in 2007. Given how slow he is and how many he'd hit into the year before, this surprised me. Well, now he's back to his old tricks:
Adrian Gonzalez, Grounders and Double Plays
YearPAGIDPGB%
Statistics are courtesy of Baseball-Reference and Hardball Times, and are through games of August 25, 2008.
20066312443.8
2007720636.9
20085672043.6
This is a little troubling: In the book, I observed that his GB% actually declined from 2006 to 2007, which didn't make any sense to me at the time. I don't remember which source I used and I'm too lazy to go digging through my notes, but this time I've ...
