Fun with Statistics

Just some fun oddities I've run across...

Tigers minor league OF Jeramy Laster might be on pace to set a professional record for strikeouts in a season.  Through 288 at-bats over 76 games he has struck out 121 times putting him on a pace for almost 240 strikeouts.  Yikes!  On the brighter side, Laster (a 2003 12th rounder from a Nashville HS) has 17 homers, 31 extra-base hits, 26 walks and 10 steals in the home-run-killing high-A Florida State League.  Pity he can't put that bat on the ball to save his life.  His overall line is .219/.287/.451

Tigers minor league shortstop Shawn Roof was 0-2 in stolen bases over 70 games as a freshman and sophomore at the University of Illinois.  Then, in 57 games as a junior he went 25-33 in steals and 40-48(!) in 58 senior year games.  But as a professional he is just 7-14 in 92 games.  He might want to find dig those cleats he was wearing senior year out of storage sometime soon.  Another oddity about him.. he had more hit-by-pitches as a senior and junior than he did walks, total extra base hits or strikeouts.

Wake Forest outfielder Brett Linnenkohl managed to go from hitting 8 homers, 23 extra-base hits and a .486 SLG% in 53 junior year starts to NO homers, NO extra-base hits and a .298 slugging % as a senior.. but did manage to steal 15 bags without getting caught in 14 starts.