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Jose Bautista is Getting No Help

by Colin Wyers

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The Blue Jays entered today with a .271 True Average, comfortably above average. The "above average" part is wholly the work of one Jose Bautista, however; non-Bautista hitters for the Blue Jays combine for a True Average of only .252. In other words, the rest of the team is hitting like Nate McLouth or Carlos Pena.

To put this in context, here are the top ten seasons since 1950, of a team's best hitter by TAv (with at least 300 plate appearances) compared to the rest of his team's hitters:

YEAR	NAME	TEAM	Tav	TAv_Other	Diff
1957	Mickey Mantle	NYA	0.425	0.264	0.161
2002	Jim Thome	CLE	0.389	0.245	0.143
1956	Mickey Mantle	NYA	0.409	0.273	0.136
1994	Jeff Bagwell	HOU	0.403	0.268	0.135
1971	Hank Aaron	ATL	0.388	0.254	0.134
1961	Mickey Mantle	NYA	0.406	0.273	0.133
1954	Ted Williams	BOS	0.383	0.252	0.131
1980	George Brett	KCA	0.395	0.264	0.131
1967	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	0.396	0.265	0.131

All very good hitters having very good years, only a few playing for below-average teams. Still, some pretty breathtaking differences.

Bautista is out performing his mates by .190.

Colin Wyers is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @cwyers
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