Are Strikeout Rates Normalized? Topic

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I'm trying to put a team together with a pitching staff with a high K/rate and hitters that rarely strikeout. I can use pitchers with a high K/9#, but I can't find normalized strikeout rates for hitters. What happens if I use a bunch of hitters from the 19th century?
10/13/2016 3:35 PM
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Posted by zagima on 10/13/2016 3:35:00 PM (view original):
I'm trying to put a team together with a pitching staff with a high K/rate and hitters that rarely strikeout. I can use pitchers with a high K/9#, but I can't find normalized strikeout rates for hitters. What happens if I use a bunch of hitters from the 19th century?
Ya, I mean, just look at their K/rates #. There are many deadball hitters who strikeout like 3 times every 100 ABs
10/13/2016 3:48 PM
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You can see a player's normalized numbers from their player profile, their advanced stats. You can see them after drafting them, just click on the player.

There are many player seasons with less than 3 k's per 100...
10/13/2016 4:51 PM (edited)
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But, the K totals in the actual stats for deadball hitters are generally fiction because batter Ks weren't kept much in that era. I don't recall the exact year when batter Ks were first recorded.
10/13/2016 4:52 PM
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Thanks for the info! I'm assuming, then, that I can't search/sort by K/rates #. Is that right?

And also, more importantly, is this strategy likely to be successful in a hitters park?
10/13/2016 5:02 PM
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Defensive range is cheaper than pitching K's, but you've got the right idea for a hitter's park.
10/13/2016 6:04 PM
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