Beat the Streak Strategy #7: Top 30 players / Games with a hit

[UPDATED JULY 12, 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 list and play one guy each day.

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The top 30 players with most games with at least one hit in 2013:

Rk              Player     Games     Tm
1                Adam Jones       121    BAL
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2                Mike Trout       120    LAA
3             Adrian Beltre       120    TEX
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4            Dustin Pedroia       119    BOS
5             Daniel Murphy       119    NYM
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6                Joey Votto       118    CIN
7            Miguel Cabrera       118    DET
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8                 Alex Rios       117 CHWTEX
9             Manny Machado       117    BAL
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10              Eric Hosmer       116    KCR
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11           Prince Fielder       115    DET
12           Matt Carpenter       115    STL
13            Robinson Cano       115    NYY
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14           Alexei Ramirez       114    CHW
15          Victor Martinez       114    DET
16              Jose Altuve       114    HOU
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17              Denard Span       112    WSN
18            Nick Markakis       112    BAL
19         Paul Goldschmidt       112    ARI
20             Elvis Andrus       112    TEX
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21              Jean Segura       111    MIL
22         Andrew McCutchen       111    PIT
23            Evan Longoria       111    TBR
24               J.J. Hardy       111    BAL
25           Starlin Castro       111    CHC
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26          Adrian Gonzalez       110    LAD
27              Ian Desmond       110    WSN
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28             Martin Prado       109    ARI
29                Jay Bruce       109    CIN
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30             Hunter Pence       108    SFG
31              Chris Davis       108    BAL

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The top 32 players with most games with at least one hit in 2012:

Rk                   Player     Games     Tm
1               Derek Jeter       129    NYY
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2                Adam Jones       126    BAL
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3             Marco Scutaro       122 COLSFG
4             Robinson Cano       122    NYY
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5             Chase Headley       121    SDP
6              Billy Butler       121    KCR
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7                Jose Reyes       118    MIA
8          Andrew McCutchen       118    PIT
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9           Adrian Gonzalez       117 BOSLAD
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10           Prince Fielder       116    DET
11           Starlin Castro       116    CHC
12            Adrian Beltre       116    TEX
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13             David Wright       115    NYM
14           Miguel Cabrera       115    DET
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15              Alex Gordon       114    KCR
16               Ryan Braun       114    MIL
17             Elvis Andrus       114    TEX
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18                Alex Rios       113    CHW
19             Martin Prado       113    ATL
20              Angel Pagan       113    SFG
21               Aaron Hill       113    ARI
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22          Alcides Escobar       112    KCR
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23            Michael Young       111    TEX
24            Ichiro Suzuki       111 SEANYY
25         Michael Brantley       111    CLE
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26            Michael Bourn       111    ATL
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27             Delmon Young       110    DET
28           Aramis Ramirez       110    MIL
29             Buster Posey       110    SFG
30            Jason Heyward       110    ATL
31            Josh Hamilton       110    TEX
32            Shin-Soo Choo       110    CLE

The top 30 players with most games with at least one hit in 2010:

Rk                   Player     Games    Tm
1           Jacoby Ellsbury       129    BOS
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2            Miguel Cabrera       127    DET
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3             Robinson Cano       126    NYY
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4             Michael Young       125    TEX
5            Starlin Castro       125    CHC
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6                 Matt Kemp       122    LAD
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7              Hunter Pence       120 HOUPHI
8                Ryan Braun       120    MIL
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9               Juan Pierre       119    CHW
10           Dustin Pedroia       119    BOS
11            Melky Cabrera       119    KCR
12            Michael Bourn       119 HOUATL
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13          Adrian Gonzalez       118    BOS
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14               Joey Votto       115    CIN
15           Jeff Francoeur       115    KCR
16           Prince Fielder       115    MIL
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17            Ichiro Suzuki       114    SEA
18         Brandon Phillips       114    CIN
19              Alex Gordon       114    KCR
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20             Billy Butler       113    KCR
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21            Nick Markakis       111    BAL
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22           Aramis Ramirez       110    CHC
23          Victor Martinez       110    DET
24               Carlos Lee       110    HOU
25            Jose Bautista       110    TOR
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26             Justin Upton       108    ARI
27        Vladimir Guerrero       108    BAL
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28           Jhonny Peralta       107    DET
29         Emilio Bonifacio       107    FLA
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30                Dan Uggla       106    ATL

I have no idea who Marco Scutaro is, but heck he had 112 games last year with a hit. View the full list of 300 players with the most GH in 2010.

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7 thoughts on “Beat the Streak Strategy #7: Top 30 players / Games with a hit”

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  2. Hey just letting you know your stats for Goldschmidt are incorrect, he had 112 games with at least one hit last season. And freddie freeman should be high up on this list too and he is nowhere to be found.

    1. Thank you randomperson. Goldschmidt is listed with 112 games on my list. Freed Freeman came close to the top 30. He finished 37th in 2013 with 107 GH. He head just one more game with a hit, he would have made it into the top 30.

  3. Hi there, love your site. I was wondering how you get this data… I can’t find it anywhere! I want it for a project I’m working on, but can’t figure out how to extract it from other stats. Could you help point me in the right direction? Thanks!

      1. Yes, sorry I should have been more specific. I am looking for the Games With At least One Hit statistic… I can’t seem to find it anywhere, or figure out how to calculate it properly! Thanks again.

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