Beat the streak strategy and tips
Beat the Streak Strategy #9: 300+ AVG / 5.00+ ERA / Home / Team .500+
Asander’s strategy from April 27, 2011 Batter must be hitting around 300 with plenty of plate appearances so far this season. Must be facing a struggling pitcher, whose era is at least 5.00. Batter is on home turf, pitcher is away. Batters team is above 500 on the season, pitcher’s team below… I also like … Continue reading
Beat the Streak Strategy #8: Ichiro
Simply the best Beat the Streak hitter EVER. Like ever ever. Of all time in baseball. Better than Pete Rose. Better than Stan Musial. Better than Lou Gehrig. It’s almost cheating to play Ichiro every day. But since he’s the best BTS player ever, it’s actually smart. I’m just not that smart, so I try … Continue reading
Beat the Streak Strategy #7: Top 30 players / Games with a hit
[UPDATED MAY 18, 2013] This is very similar to the Beat the Streak Strategy #4: At least one hit per game percentage, but it’s a little simplier. It’s just how many games a player got at least one hit. I call this stat GH (Games with a Hit). The plan is simply to go down the … Continue reading
Beat the Streak Strategy #6: One baseball card pack
Open one pack of baseball cards. Play ALL the hitters in that pack for one month. I did this for the month of April 2011. For the month of April, I’m played all the players in my 2011 Topps Opening Day pack. Here’s who I got: – Justin Morneau – Hunter Pence – Joey Votto … Continue reading
Beat the Streak Strategy #5: Team pitching 30 days / Team hitting 7 days / Individual hitting 7 days
In 2009 I developed the following strategy: Look at top 8 pitching staffs that has given up the most hits in the past 30 days. Look at those 8 teams those staffs are facing. Of those 8 teams, find team with the most hits in the past seven days Start with team that has most … Continue reading
Beat the Streak Strategy #4: One hit per game percentage
[UPDATED MAY 18, 2013] So far in 2013 the player who gets a hit in most of his games is Gerardo Parra. He’s gotten a hit in 35 of his 40 games. The top 10 players with the best one-hit-per-game percentage in 2013: Player Average Games with a hit Games Gerardo Parra .875 35 40 … Continue reading
Beat the Streak Strategy #3: Detroit Tigers pitching
[UPDATED MAY 18, 2013] I’ll tell you my new secret. Play anybody who is facing the Detroit Tigers. Their pitching staff is in their own league in terms of opponent’s batting average. Here’s the four worst pitching staffs of 2013, based on average: 30th) Detroit Tigers .280 29th) San Francisco Giants .272 28th) Colorado Rockies … Continue reading
