O Solo Mio
Friday, August 8, 2008by Geoff Young
Long-time reader LynchMob noted the other day that the Padres seem to hit a lot of solo homers. In fact, 60.9% of their home runs this season have come with no runners on base. Although that is a lot, the Padres have done worse in years past. Here are the five highest percentages of homers that were solo shots in club history:
1974: 66.7%
1973: 66.1%
2005: 64.6%
1988: 62.8%
2007: 61.4%
MLB average during the Padres existence has fluctuated between 54.9% and 58.8%.
How about the flip side? Which Padres teams have the five lowest percentages of home runs (i.e., more home runs with men on base)? Here you go:
1983: 51.6%
1977: 50.0%
1989: 50.0%
1976: 48.4%
2000: 47.8%
It's nice to see the teams from 1976 and 2000 do so well... because that's ...
