Weekly Hitter Rankings: London Calling

Weekly Hitter Rankings: London Calling

This article is part of our Weekly Hitter Rankings series.

Thanks for your patience. I awoke yesterday to a couple of corrupt files. The silver lining is having to regenerate the rankings let me refresh some of the coding, specifically the stolen base index as well as having the number of games have a greater influence on the total. Not that there was anything wrong with the previous version, but this is improved.

For the first time since 2019, there will be games across the pond as the Cubs and Cardinals will continue the London Series, which was interrupted for a few years by the pandemic. If you recall, when the Yankees took both London games from the Red Sox four years ago, they were both slugfests, with scores of 17-13 and 12-8.  The rankings reflected adjusted park factors, but since both clubs play only five games, their overall rank for the week suffers.

The Orioles, Angels and Dodgers join the Cubs and Cardinals with only five games.

The upstart Diamondbacks are in great shape this week, especially for stolen bases. Arizona is one of nine teams to play seven games, though they'll be on the road all week, including a makeup tilt in Washington on Thursday.

The Marlins and Giants are home for seven, while the Red Sox and Royals join the Diamondbacks for the full monty on the road.

For the platoon wonks, the Rockies and Padres are slated to face four southpaws, while Diamondbacks and Red Sox have seven righty starters on the docket.

Please check back

Thanks for your patience. I awoke yesterday to a couple of corrupt files. The silver lining is having to regenerate the rankings let me refresh some of the coding, specifically the stolen base index as well as having the number of games have a greater influence on the total. Not that there was anything wrong with the previous version, but this is improved.

For the first time since 2019, there will be games across the pond as the Cubs and Cardinals will continue the London Series, which was interrupted for a few years by the pandemic. If you recall, when the Yankees took both London games from the Red Sox four years ago, they were both slugfests, with scores of 17-13 and 12-8.  The rankings reflected adjusted park factors, but since both clubs play only five games, their overall rank for the week suffers.

The Orioles, Angels and Dodgers join the Cubs and Cardinals with only five games.

The upstart Diamondbacks are in great shape this week, especially for stolen bases. Arizona is one of nine teams to play seven games, though they'll be on the road all week, including a makeup tilt in Washington on Thursday.

The Marlins and Giants are home for seven, while the Red Sox and Royals join the Diamondbacks for the full monty on the road.

For the platoon wonks, the Rockies and Padres are slated to face four southpaws, while Diamondbacks and Red Sox have seven righty starters on the docket.

Please check back later tonight for the weekly update.

Week of June 19-25

MLB Hitter Rankings

KEY (100 neutral)

  • HR LHB/HR RHB – Average HR Park Factors
  • SB – Stolen Base Index
  • P LHB/P RHB – Opposing pitcher quality index
  • Runs – Runs scoring index
TMGMSvLHPvRHPHOMEAWAYHR LHBHR RHBSBP LHBP RHBRUNSAVE LHBAVE RHBTOTAL
1ARZ707079595143103103122119119119
2ATL624061191199110310511299100100
3BAL505321158998989580787577
4BOS70707117100105101100113117114116
5CHC514051081006610810596807879
6CHW63360133117729910297999999
7CIN63360130126978890105969797
8CLE62460109105113102106101100102101
9COL642331201278110410610099101100
10DET6156081918610510395979797
11HOU61533114120143991019799101100
12KC725079093110979899111111111
13LAA5232311811980107109101828383
14LAD514321211217010310386808080
15MIA716709591100104101111119117118
16MIL606331091051091019890979596
17MIN725439589114102102106117116117
18NYM6330611011176989783939293
19NYY6156011410289989793979596
20OAK6240611211211810410288989798
21PHI60660108111122808297919292
22PIT734349687126101105111117118118
23SD743348484121103105118117118118
24SF71670747783103100108114113114
25SEA61506121939110010187969395
26STL5232311811986106104101828282
27TB61560979410010610410610099100
28TEX606061241091128485100929091
29TOR615331061041238989108959495
30WSH7254310610574103103110116116116

Pitching Matchups

TeamMONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN
ARZ@Burnes R@Rea R@Teheran R@Irvin R@Webb R@Junis R@DeSclafani R
ATL @Suarez L@Nola R@Walker R@Greene R@Weaver R@Williamson L
BAL @Glasnow R@Bradley R Gilbert RMiller RKirby R
BOS@Lopez R@Ober R@Gray R@Ryan R@Giolito R@Lynn R@Scholtens R
CHC@Bido R@Oviedo R@Hill L  @Wainwright R@Flaherty R
CHWHeaney LEovaldi RPerez L Bello RPaxton LCrawford R
CINGomber LFreeland LDavis R Shuster LMorton RStrider R
CLE Medina RBlackburn RSears LMiley LPeralta RBurnes R
COL@Williamson L@Lively R@Abbott L Sandoval LCanning RAnderson L
DETLyles RLynch LSinger R Varland RLopez ROber R
HOUScherzer RVerlander RMegill R @Sheehan R@Miller L@Gonsolin R
KC@Olson R@Lorenzen R@Boyd L@McClanahan L@Eflin R@Chirinos R@Glasnow R
LAA Kershaw LGrove R @Seabold R@Anderson R@Gomber L
LAD @Detmers L@Ohtani R France RBlanco RBrown R
MIABerrios RKikuchi LGausman RKeller ROrtiz RBido ROviedo R
MILKelly RNelson RGallen R @Bieber R@Bibee R@Civale R
MINPaxton LCrawford RWhitlock RKluber R@Wentz L@Olson R@Lorenzen R
NYM@Brown R@Valdez L@Javier R @Sanchez L@Wheeler R@Suarez L
NYY Kirby RCastillo RWoo RDunning RGray RHeaney L
OAK @Civale R@Gaddis R@Allen L@Bassitt R@Berrios R@Kikuchi L
PHI Strider RSmith-Shawver RElder RSenga RCarrasco RScherzer R
PITSmyly LStroman RHendricks R@Garrett L@Luzardo L@Hoeing R@Perez R
SD@Junis R@DeSclafani R@Manaea L@Wood LCorbin LGray RGore L
SEA @Cole R@Vasquez R@German R@Irvin L@Gibson R@Kremer R
SFWacha RLugo RDarvish RSnell LDavies RKelly RNelson R
STL@Gray R@Gore L@Williams R  Steele LTaillon R
TB Bradish RWells RHeasley RGreinke RLyles RLynch L
TEX@Scholtens R@Cease R@Kopech R @Severino R@Schmidt R@Cole R
TOR@Hoeing R@Perez R@Alcantara R Kaprielian RHarris LMedina R
WSHFlaherty RMontgomery LMikolas RHenry L@Musgrove R@Wacha R@Lugo R

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