They were aided both by the ball and their ballpark, which rated as the most homer-friendly in But the irony of the Yankees hoarding height and hitting homers is that their offensive formula is old-fashioned.
Get big dudes, hit dingers is the way it worked in , but now, not so much. The relationship between height, power, and production has fluctuated over time, although the correlations have almost always been positive: The bigger the batter, the bigger the bat. The correlation between height and ISO in —just 0. Power and height had their weakest connection in 64 years for at least two reasons.
The first is the baseball itself: Whatever changed about the ball a few years ago that caused it to carry more is still exerting an inflationary effect. So when the ball carries better, the hitters with warning-track power benefit disproportionately , and the gap between the home-run haves and have-nots shrinks.
JustinVerlander pic. The second explanation is that smaller hitters have enlisted stats and technology, learning to make the most of their modest power potential. By striking the ball farther in front of the plate and focusing on pulling pitches in the air, hitters who are undersized by historical slugging standards can compensate for a difference in strength and start scaling leaderboards. Relative to their league, the and Red Sox had the first- and fifth-smallest hitting teams of all time.
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