Biggest Batting Gainers and Losers for 2000.(baseball players, statistics)(Brief Article)

Baseball Digest | February 1, 2001| | Copyright

Anaheim's Darin Erstad and Houston's Richard Hidalgo were among the players who improved their hitting average dramatically in 2000.

REBOUNDING SMARTLY FROM A SUB-PAR season in 1999 that saw his batting average plummet to .253, Darin Erstad reached new heights as a major league hitter in 2000 by batting a robust .355 for the Anaheim Angels.

The 102-point improvement represents the biggest batting gain in the majors among players who appeared in 100 or more games in each of the last two seasons, and was the sixth largest increase from one season (based on ...

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