I ran reports on POPUP% (IF/FB %) for all AL batters with 150+ PA and all Boston Red Sox. AL POPUP% ranged from 21.9% for Mark Ellis to 1.5% for Delmon Young, with a median of 7.6%. For the Red Sox, here are the stats:
[table]NAME | POPUP%
Joe Thurston | 57.10%
David Ortiz | 13.00%
Mike Lowell | 10.60%
Coco Crisp | 10.30%
Jacoby Ellsbury | 9.30%
Jason Varitek | 7.00%
J.D. Drew | 6.90%
Kevin Youkilis | 6.00%
Dustin Pedroia | 6.00%
Alex Cora | 5.60%
Manny Ramirez | 3.40%
Jed Lowrie | 2.80%
Julio Lugo | 0.00%
Sean Casey | 0.00%
Kevin Cash | 0.00%
Brandon Moss | 0.00%
Jonathan Van Every | 0.00%[/table]
Flaw? Yeah, he's worse than average this year, and he was a bit worse in 2007, but it's not enough for me to worry about given his high LD%.
We can't all be Manny Ramirez.