Only 11 righties posted a slugging percentage above.500 last year, also the fewest in any season since 1992. Only eight right-handed hitters reached 30 home runs in 2013, and only 36 hit 20 homers, both the fewest in a non-strike-shortened season since 1992. Although eight of the top 10 home run hitters in 2014 are right-handed, such success comes on the heels of some very fallow years, and it belies the larger trend. Scouts, coaches, and executives - the experts charged with preserving this type of slugger - have seen some regrowth this season on the home run leaderboard, but there’s reason to fear that such gains may be temporal. ![]() ![]() Power hitters who reside there permanently have become an endangered species because of a confluence of changes to their environment. For years, the right-handed batter’s box has quietly been a habitat under attack.
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