I was perusing baseball stats this morning and came across this oddity:

 

Justin Morneau has this slash line against lefties:[TABLE=class: sortable stats_table]

[TD=align: right].137[/TD]

[TD=align: right].170[/TD]

[TD=align: right].221[/TD]

[TD=align: right].391[/TD]

[/TABLE]

No big surprise there, right?

 

But here is his slash line against left-handed starters:

[TABLE=class: sortable stats_table]

[TD=align: right].203[/TD]

[TD=align: right].268[/TD]

[TD=align: right].351[/TD]

[TD=align: right].620[/TD]

[/TABLE]

Still bad but not nearly as "oh my god, he's clueless" as his overall slash line.

 

The odd thing is that he has 82 PAs against left-handed starters but only 100 PAs against lefties in general.

 

Basically, Morneau is completely hopeless against left-handed specialists late in the game, going a mighty 2-19 against them with two walks and a double.

 

Yikes. SSS and all but I found the data to be interesting.

Is this for 2012 only, or are these career stats?

Is this for 2012 only, or are these career stats?

2012.