Posted by isack24 on 7/5/2012 11:37:00 AM (view original):
Sure, but isn't that only because putting the ball in play necessarily gives you a better chance of getting a hit? I guess I'm saying that while contact indirectly affects AVG because the ball being put in play gives you a better chance of getting a hit, what really determines AVG is splits, right?
This is the way I have always thought of it:
Eye - affects whether players swings
Contact - once a player swings, affects whether contact is made
Splits - once contact is made, affects whether the ball is a hit
So while you will necessarily get more hits with higher contact because the ball is put in play more often, it is really splits that determines whether there is a hit. And power, while maybe the most important, really just determines the type of hit or is a multiplier of some sort. Right or wrong?
If you don't put a ball in play, you won't get a hit.
Splits, speed, power, pitching, defense, baserunning and park are factors in hit/out, type of hit/out.