Sentence examples for walk rate from inspiring English sources
What makes Zambrano interesting is that he rates high in both strikeout rate and walk rate.
The crux of the argument involves Greenberg's walk rate, which was 15.9 percent for that season.
His walk rate was 14.5 percent in 1937 and 15 percent in 1939.
Silver found that the most predictive statistics, by a considerable margin, are a pitcher's strikeout rate and walk rate.
Only Greenberg, among all these would-be home run kings, had a significant increase in his walk rate.
He is a savvy base runner with a good walk rate and a terrific arm at third base.
In 1998, when Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa took aim at Maris's mark, their walk rates held steady late in the season.
Longtime baseball field personnel tend to discount walk rates -- "I haven't mentioned walks to pitchers in 13 years," the Atlanta Braves' pitching coach, Leo Mazzone, said -- to focus on the pitcher's pure repertory.
He was on a great roll last year before injuring his hamstring in mid-June and struggling the rest of the way, but the strikeout and walk rates finished very strong.
As the 7 27 BB K suggests, plate discipline is an issue, and his low walk rates in the minors suggest that he may never provide a high OBP without carrying a high BABIP.
Many will say that victories do not matter as much anymore in assessing a pitcher's worth, that he is better judged by statistics like earned-run average and strikeout and walk rates.
