Victor Martinez has hit the ball hard this season, but his numbers aren't reflecting that.
The average Major League hitter has a batting average well above their rate of "hard-hit" balls, but Martinez's .231 batting average has actually been well below his hard-hit rate.
In addition, Martinez's line-drive rate of 19 percent would suggest a much better average, according to Baseball-Reference.com.
Martinez's batting average on balls put in play is just .237, 74 points below his career rate and 59 points below the American League's average.
If he hits like that, we'll be real good," Jim Leyland said. "He's shown signs of coming forth a little bit, he's hit a lot of balls hard, but he hasn't got hits on them, so he's hit in some tough luck. He's had some days where he hasn't really swung that good. It doesn't have to be of that magnitude [Saturday] night, but if we can get him going really good, it's a pretty impressive lineup."