The 4-Hour Body - An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman - Timothy Ferriss
One of them is "slugging percentage."
Slugging percentage,3 the bread-and-butter of baseball hitter analysis, is the number of bases
run, divided by the total number of appearances at the plate. The higher the percentage, the
better. The Rain Man of slugging was Babe Ruth, and his 1921 record stood until Barry Bonds
and his 20-inch arms came along in 2001.
Tweaking this number is important.
In 303 plate appearances before working with Jaime, Ben Zobrist had three home runs and a
.259 slugging percentage. In the 309 plate appearances after working with Jaime, Zobrist hit 17
home runs with a .520 slugging percentage. In 2009, Zobrist won the team MVP award for the
Rays, finishing the season with a .297 batting average and 27 home runs.
Going from three home runs to 27 in approximately the same number of at-bats is
astounding. In the majors, it's unheard of.
If only God can make a great hitter, does that make Jaime God?
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