Indians stat to watch
Posted April 13th, 2007 by Ron
Sheldon Ocker in his Tribe story today pointed out a great statistic to keep an eye on:
The Indians have scored 35 runs in six games, and 15 runs have come via the home run. In the past five games, 14 of their 23 runs have been the product of home runs.
There is nothing wrong with home runs, but if you combine that with too many strikeouts, watch out. Remember the Indians had three hitters in the top 10 in the American League in strikeouts last season — Grady Sizemore and Jhonny Peralta were in the top 5 and Travis Hafner likely would have been if he had not been hurt for the last month of the season.
