Just enough, no doubt!

Ok, I lied about the photoshopped Bautista. I do have some more numbers, though. They’re kinda fun. According to Hit Tracker, Bautista lead the league in:

“Just Enough” home runs – Means the ball cleared the fence by less than 10 vertical feet, OR that it landed less than one fence height past the fence. These are the ones that barely made it over the fence.

With 13. But of course, he also lead the league in the real ones by a considerable margin. So what percent of Bautista’s home runs were cheapies? Here he is compared to the top 10 in the AL:

Name	Just enough %
Jose Bautista	24 %
Paul Konerko	28%
Miguel Cabrera	26%
Mark Teixeira	21%
David Ortiz	34%
Josh Hamilton	31%
Vernon Wells	32%
Alex Rodriguez	37%
Vladimir Guerrero	31%
Nick Swisher	21%

Looking good, Jose! If Bautista was a fluke, it’s because he was running into balls, not because they were creeping over the fence.

And just for curiosity’s sake, here’s the same list with no-doubters, defined as

“No Doubt” home run – Means the ball cleared the fence by at least 20 vertical feet AND landed at least 50 feet past the fence. These are the really deep blasts.:

Name	No Doubter %
Jose Bautista	35 %
Paul Konerko	15%
Miguel Cabrera	26%
Mark Teixeira	36%
David Ortiz	19%
Josh Hamilton	16%
Vernon Wells	35%
Alex Rodriguez	13%
Vladimir Guerrero	21%
Nick Swisher	28%