(Sorry, off topic)
Would we DH for LEAKE at American League ball parks? If not, we would have this issue if he was taken out early:
Use of the DH is optional, but must be determined prior to the start of the game. If a team does not begin a game with a DH, the pitcher must bat for the entire game.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Designated_hitter
Last edited by goreds2; 04-19-2013 at 12:33 PM. Reason: added something
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I DH for him if given the chance.
He's a pitcher, he had three hits the other night
Prior to this year this was his slash line
.274/.308/.348/.656
This was the NL slash line on average (non pitchers) last year
.261/.327/.414/.741
FWIW here are the best hitting pitchers since the division era started, 300 PA's
Code:CAREER 1969-2012 P OPS OPS AVG OBA SLG 1 Ken Brett .698 .262 .291 .406 2 Dontrelle Willis .665 .244 .287 .378 3 Mike Hampton .650 .246 .294 .356 4 Carlos Zambrano .636 .238 .248 .388 5 Gary Peters .615 .229 .268 .348 6 Yovani Gallardo .599 .207 .238 .361 7 Don Robinson .582 .231 .252 .330 8 Rick Rhoden .576 .238 .253 .323 9 Bob Gibson .574 .222 .250 .325 10 Catfish Hunter .562 .252 .258 .304
RadfordVA (04-19-2013)
Those average numbers though include players like votto. High end guys that are not the other option to Leake. Heiseys and Paul's of the world are the guys he would need to better than. That being said he is still not a better option in my opinion. I would not let him bat in DH games but its not a huge gap production wise.
This idea has never gone well for me in Out of the Park, which as we all know, is 1:1 with reality.
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