Cody Bellinger‘s 2019 season was remarkable. He was the anchor of the Dodgers’ lineup and did things — on both sides of the ball — we as fans haven’t seen in a long time.
His numbers all went in a positive direction. His strikeout rate dipped by 7.5 points, his isolated slugging went up more than 110 points, his contact rate improved by almost 6 points and his swinging strike rate dropped by almost 3 points. All of those led to him hitting .305/.406/.629 with 47 home runs and a 162 wRC+.
He had a 7.