Pirate hitting since the All-Star Break

Here are the numbers for the hitters since the break. Wigginton's and Bautista's numbers were mainly collected with their previous teams.

BATTR GM PA BA... OBA.. SLG.. RP R RBI
Kendl 17 72 0.333 0.425 0.492 24 16 08
Redmn 17 65 0.375 0.388 0.516 16 07 09
Mackw 17 63 0.322 0.358 0.542 22 08 14
JaBay 17 66 0.306 0.368 0.435 14 08 06
Wiggy 16 64 0.293 0.369 0.362 11 08 03
JackW 17 69 0.269 0.290 0.403 13 06 07
Craig 16 62 0.267 0.308 0.400 14 04 10
BHill 15 31 0.286 0.355 0.393 09 05 04
Nooni 11 21 0.316 0.381 0.316 03 02 01
Cstlo 15 42 0.200 0.238 0.250 05 05 00
Simon 10 36 0.200 0.222 0.286 08 04 04
Bauta 09 13 0.308 0.308 0.385 01 01 00
Alvrz 05 08 0.286 0.400 0.286 04 02 02
Styns 10 14 0.214 0.214 0.286 01 01 00
House 03 05 0.200 0.200 0.400 01 01 00

The players are ranked by how much raw hitting they did. (If you are statistically minded, they are ranked by OBA*SLG*PA.)

During this period, Kendall led off, played every day, and got on base like crazy. Of his 21 hits, eight were for extra bases (seven doubles, one HR). Redman delivered a very high average with not so much power. Of his 24 hits, five were for extra bases (three doubles, two HRs). Mackowiak produced 19 hits with eight for extra bases. Kendall led the team in runs (16) and Mackowiak led the team in RBIs (14).

Jason Bay was solid but lacking some of the power we might expect from him.

With the Mets, Wigginton suffered through a more dramatic power outage, managing only four doubles in seventeen hits. On the other hand, he did walk six times in 58 at-bats. That suggests he wasn't seeing much to hit.

Both the Wilsons were in a funk. They produced remarkably similar numbers. Both hit in the upper .260s with laughable on-base percentages and little power. Craig's run production was heavier on RBIs, as you'd expect from a clean-up hitter.

Bobby Hill outhit Castillo by a wide margin yet collected only three-quarters of the plate appearances. Since Hill is the team's best pinch-hitter, Mac may be saving him, but still this is a case of production not determining who gets the starting nod. Hill didn't set the world on fire at the plate, but the .353 OBP is excellent and Castillo's run of 0.200 / 0.238 / 0.250 has been pretty wretched.

Noonie has been Noonie, Simon has been Simon, and the other guys have seen very limited action.

Overall, the team didn't hit as well as they're capable. Only Redman hit at a rate that we can't regard as sustainable for a full season. Mackowiak may have been hitting a little over his head too, but I don't think those numbers are that far above what he's capable of doing. We've seen long stretches like this before.

The rest of the team takes some hidden vigorish to Los Angeles.