It’s probably not a good thing for a team to give up over 10 hits per game. I’m not a mathematician or a statistician or something who claims expertise in either of those sorts of fields. I’m not an expert in those spaces by any means.
That said, things don’t seem all that sustainable for the Texas Tech baseball team to be giving up a total of 285 hits through the 227 innings that they’ve played. When you do some math there, you’ll find that the Red Raiders pitching staff is currently giving up 11.3 hits per nine innings.
That’s not good! In fact, it’s the exact opposite of good.
Through 27 games played, the Texas Tech Red Raiders have allowed 285 hits (which is more than any other team in the Big 12 so far)
And unfortunately, there’s a pretty sizable gap between the Red Raiders and the next worst team in the Big 12. And again, there’s a frustrating aspect to the fact that the TCU Horned Frogs are the next worst team here.
- Texas Tech Red Raiders - 285 hits
- TCU Horned Frogs - 270 hits
- Arizona Wildcats - 269 hits
- Kansas State Wildcats - 257 hits
- Utah Utes - 257 hits
- Kansas Jayhawks - 247 hits
- Baylor Bears - 247 hits
- Cincinnati Bearcats - 246 hits
- Oklahoma State Cowboys - 243 hits
- BYU Cougars - 242 hits
- Arizona State Sun Devils - 239 hits
- Houston Cougars - 228 hits
- UCF Knights - 187 hits
- West Virginia Mountaineers - 167 hits
This is just another layer of why Texas Tech baseball fans should be frustrated with the pitching staff’s performance. Texas Tech’s opponents have a .302 batting average, the Red Raiders have issued 142 walks, and hitters are consistently able to just do whatever they want when they’re at the plate. If it feels like opposing hitters are often getting favorable counts, they probably are.
I think I’ve mentioned this elsewhere, if the Texas Tech pitching staff was just average, then we’re talking about things looking pretty different. Unfortunately, Texas Tech doesn’t have an average pitching staff in this category.