by Tony Blengino - June 23, 2015
In this age of Hitf/x and StatCast, batted ball velocity is a hotter topic than ever. We only have had access to such data for a limited period of time, but the hypothesizing regarding the loudest contact-makers in the game’s history has been going on as long as the game itself. While we can’t go back and retroactively calculate batted ball velocity, we can go back and calculate contact scores, and make very educated guesses to this eternal question.
I’m sure that most of you reading this piece have your own thoughts on this topic, going back to your childhood, based on the eye test.