Like most of you, I’ve been getting annoyed in recent years by the Angels reliance on TTO baseball and constantly swinging for the fences. Since I was bored, I decided to calculate for myself how they compare to current MLB teams and previous Angel teams.
TTO is Three-True-Outcomes (Home run, walk, strikeout). For these stats, I divided the total number of home runs, strikeouts and walks by plate appearances. I used Baseball Reference for all of this, which I believe includes the last afternoon game with the M’s.
TTO among MLB teams (2023)
- Minnesota Twins 32.1%
- Seattle Mariners 31.4%
- Cincinnati Reds 29.9%
- Oakland Athletics 29.8%
- Tampa Bay Rays 29.7%
- **LOS ANGELES ANGELS*** 29.4%*
- Milwaukee Brewers 29.0%
- San Francisco Giants 28.9%
- Philadelphia Phillies 28.8%
- Chicago Cubs 28.7%
- Kansas City Royals 28.7%
- Atlanta Braves 28.6%
- Colorado Rockies 28.5%
- Chicago White Sox 28.4%
- Pittsburgh Pirates 28.3%
- Los Angeles Dodgers 27.9%
- **MLB TOTAL*** 27.8%*
- New York Yankees 27.7%
- Texas Rangers 27.2%
- Detroit Tigers 27.2%
- San Diego Padres 27.1%
- Baltimore Orioles 27.0%
- St. Louis Cardinals 26.7%
- New York Mets 26.4%
- Houston Astros 26.3%
- Boston Red Sox 26.3%
- Arizona Diamondbacks 26.2%
- Toronto Blue Jays 25.7%
- Miami Marlins 25.0%
- Washington Nationals 23.2%
- Cleveland Guardians 22.6%
Lowest TTO among historical Angel teams
- 1978: 21.4%
- 2002: 22.4%
- 1971: 22.4%
- 1988: 22.7%
- 1972: 22.8%
Lowest TTO among historical Angel teams compared to rest of MLB
- 2002: -6.02 (22.4% – 28.4%)
- 2016: -5.74 (26.8% – 32.5%)
- 2005: -4.13 (23.3% – 27.4%)
- 2007: -3.94 (24.4% – 28.3%)
- 2003: -3.89 (23.9% – 27.8%)
Highest TTO among historical Angel teams
- 2023: 37.1%
- 2022: 36.4%
- 2020: 35.3%
- 2021: 34.0%
- 2019: 33.3%
Highest TTO among historical Angel teams compared to rest of MLB
- 1961: +6.02 (31.0% – 24.8%)
- 2022: +3.10 (36.4% – 33.3%)
- 1966: +3.07 (28.3% – 25.2%)
- 1981: +2.87 (25.3% – 22.4%)
- 2023: +2.75 (37.1% – 34.4%)
Finally, some graphs!
