Surprisingly, despite their infrequent trips to the plate, American League pitchers are hitting slightly better with an OPS (on-base plus slugging) average of .364. Here are the details:
Let's look at some individual pitchers. Here are the best and worst hitters overall. Because the AL pitchers don't bat that much, we have to keep the minimum qualification down at five at-bats.
Through the games of Monday, July 17.