Baseball is full of statistics and as the sport evolves to become even more analytical more and more measures of a player’s performance are created.  In the 2016 Fantasy Alarm Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide Ray Flowers gives his thoughts on the hitting statistics to know and what your potential fantasy players should be achieving in terms of averages in order to give you the best chance to build a complete roster.

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2016 MLB Draft Guide: HITTING TARGETS TO KNOW

By: Ray Flowers

All throughout this Guide we’re talking about players and breaking them down from every conceivable angle. In this article we won’t really be doing that. Why? First off, there are so many different types of hitters out there it’s really hard to put them on the same continuum without getting all fancy pants. There are also different goals you are looking at for your second catcher or your fourth outfielder (duh). That’s why this is going to be a more generalized offer. I’ll give the target totals you should know for a variety of categories so you can look back at 2015 and get a handle on the performance of the men that wield the lumber while prepping you as to what to look for as you set your roster in 2016.

AVG/OBP/SLG

We all know what those abbreviations mean, but do you know the context of each? That’s why we’re here, to help you figure it all out.

Average: The 2015 major league average was .254.

On-base percentage: The 2015 major league average was .317.

Slugging Percentage: The 2015 major league average was .405.

There were 211 men who had at least 400 plate appearances last season. Of that group…

Average: 149 men, or 70.6 percent, of qualifiers were able to reach the league average.

On-base: 129 men, or 61.1 percent, of the qualifiers were able to reach the league average.

Slugging: 130 men, 61.6 percent, of the qualifiers were able to reach the league average.

POSITIONAL SLASH LINES

Here is how each position faired in 2015:

C: .240/.303/.379

1B: .260/.338/.452

2B: .264/.318/.393

3B: .264/.324/.431

SS: .260/.308/.380

INFIELD: .258/.319/.408

OF: .262/.327/.421

DH: .259/.329/.436

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