This team has had a huge dropoff in home runs this year.
(There are still a few games left, so obviously these numbers aren't quite full season yet, but pretty close.)
Last year, we hit 219 home runs.
This year, 148 so far, a drop of 71, down 32% compared to last year.
Home runs are down across baseball. But last year we ranked 10th in MLB with 219 home runs (which was only 3 HRs less than the #6 team) and dropped to 20th this year (only 1 ahead of #21 SD, 4 ahead of #22 White Sox.)
Last year, the average per team was 198 home runs, so the Red Sox were 21 home runs above the average. (11% above)
This year, the average is down to 166 per team, meaning the Red Sox are 18 home runs below the average. (11% below)
Source: https://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hihr6.shtml
We've fallen off in a big way both home and road, and against both LHP and RHP.
2021: 108 home runs at Fenway, 111 on the road.
2022: 80 at Fenway, 68 on the road.
Change: -28 at home, down 26%.
-43 on the road, down 39%.
2021: 150 home runs vs. RHP, 69 vs. LHP
2022: 110 home runs vs. RHP, 38 vs. LHP
Change: -40 vs. RHP, down 27%.
-31 vs. LHP, down 45%.
Key individuals:
Dalbec: 25 HR last year, 11 this year: -14, down 56%
Xander: 23 last year, 14 this year: -9, down 39%
Devers: 38 last year, 27 this year: -11, down 29%
Verdugo: 13 last year, 10 this year: -3, down 23%
Kike: 20 last year, 6 this year: -14, down 70%
JD: 28 last year, 13 this year: -15, down 54%
Total for these 6 hitters: 147 last year, 81 this year: -66, down 45%
Key hitters here only one of these years: Story's been hurt a lot but he's hit 16 this year, compared to 24 last year. Renfroe hit 31 last year, 28 this year.
This huge power outage stinks and it sucks. Why did this happen to basically every important hitter on the team?
(There are still a few games left, so obviously these numbers aren't quite full season yet, but pretty close.)
Last year, we hit 219 home runs.
This year, 148 so far, a drop of 71, down 32% compared to last year.
Home runs are down across baseball. But last year we ranked 10th in MLB with 219 home runs (which was only 3 HRs less than the #6 team) and dropped to 20th this year (only 1 ahead of #21 SD, 4 ahead of #22 White Sox.)
Last year, the average per team was 198 home runs, so the Red Sox were 21 home runs above the average. (11% above)
This year, the average is down to 166 per team, meaning the Red Sox are 18 home runs below the average. (11% below)
Source: https://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hihr6.shtml
We've fallen off in a big way both home and road, and against both LHP and RHP.
2021: 108 home runs at Fenway, 111 on the road.
2022: 80 at Fenway, 68 on the road.
Change: -28 at home, down 26%.
-43 on the road, down 39%.
2021: 150 home runs vs. RHP, 69 vs. LHP
2022: 110 home runs vs. RHP, 38 vs. LHP
Change: -40 vs. RHP, down 27%.
-31 vs. LHP, down 45%.
Key individuals:
Dalbec: 25 HR last year, 11 this year: -14, down 56%
Xander: 23 last year, 14 this year: -9, down 39%
Devers: 38 last year, 27 this year: -11, down 29%
Verdugo: 13 last year, 10 this year: -3, down 23%
Kike: 20 last year, 6 this year: -14, down 70%
JD: 28 last year, 13 this year: -15, down 54%
Total for these 6 hitters: 147 last year, 81 this year: -66, down 45%
Key hitters here only one of these years: Story's been hurt a lot but he's hit 16 this year, compared to 24 last year. Renfroe hit 31 last year, 28 this year.
This huge power outage stinks and it sucks. Why did this happen to basically every important hitter on the team?