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Meaning 41.5% of Paxton's non-K's, non-BB's and non-HR's have dropped in for base hits. If you give up .340 in a given year, you're going to have the worst luck in the league. 30% is average and there isn't much range from a pitcher's point of view -- maybe 27% to 33%.
t' isn't because they're smoking Paxton, as Diderot points out below. Just the luck of the draw going against him in a "sample" of 34 innings.
Good 'put Tyler! You were probably familiar with BABIP, but some readers are not, and we want them to be comfortable axing Sabermetrics 101 questions.
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Other readers take note! If you don't know what we mean when we say "K/BB," just ax, and 16 guys will be only too thrilled to step up and sub-teach for a day.