The player with the best hits-in-a-game ratio so far this year is Juan Lagares of the Mets, hitting safely in 81% of his games this year. (38 games with a hit, 9 games with zero hits). But his at bats per game is awful, ranking at 132nd with 3.61 AB/G. He’s hit leadoff for the Mets in 21 of his 53 games this year. But his other spots in the lineup has been sixth or seventh.
[…] Brock Holt is an exciting new choice to use in MLB’s Beat the Streak. Although his GH (Games with a Hit) is quite low, ranked at #146, that’s only because he hasn’t played any games. In fact, if you take his GH/GzH (Games with a Hit divided by Games with zero Hits), he has the SECOND BEST ratio in the majors with safely getting a hit in 80% of his games. (Second behind Juan Lagares.) […]