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All, each one of the three of them, hit better in the #2 hole than in the #1 hole, and all, each one of them, hit better in the #3 spot than in the #2.
Just a quick look at the first three .350 hitters that occurred to me, and their splits aren't as wide as Ichiro's (nobody's would be). But there's little doubt that a Rod Carew type benefits (more than other hitters do) from knowing that a strike is coming.
You have to throw a strike, and Carew or Gwynn or Ichiro know it, you're going to get a frozen rope out of the situation.