2015 Angels Best Lineup (vs LHP)

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After looking at the Angels best lineup vs RHP, I am now going to use my simulator to take a look at the best lineup vs LHP. The only change to the starting nine is that I will remove Matt Joyce at DH with the right handed hitting C.J. Cron. My simulator plays actual games and takes pretty much everything (meaningful) into account. This is only an exercise and I am not in any way advocating that the Angels should use these top ranked lineups. I am listing the top five ranked lineups vs LHP along with tables that used the Top 100 lineups to show trends of most common lineup patterns.

Most Optimal Lineups vs LHP
Freese-Trout-Aybar-Pujols-Calhoun-Cron-Rutledge-Iannetta-Hamilton
Trout-Calhoun-Pujols-Freese-Aybar-Hamilton-Cron-Rutledge-Iannetta
Trout-Aybar-Pujols-Cron-Hamilton-Rutledge-Freese-Iannetta-Calhoun
Trout-Calhoun-Pujols-Cron-Hamilton-Iannetta-Aybar-Freese-Rutledge
Trout-Calhoun-Pujols-Cron-Iannetta-Hamilton-Freese-Aybar-Rutledge

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    Batting Order Location Frequency Table

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
Trout	47	36	4	4	9	0	0	0	0
Calhoun	13	31	15	0	13	6	7	7	8
Pujols	8	10	30	43	9	0	0	0	0
Freese	12	9	12	17	8	11	10	12	9
Cron	5	3	12	23	10	7	15	17	8
Hamilton	3	2	12	13	14	16	17	7	16
Aybar	12	9	15	0	12	17	8	15	12
Rutledge	0	0	0	0	13	25	23	18	21
Iannetta	0	0	0	0	12	18	20	24	26

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Most Common First Two Paired Batters In Lineup

1st	2nd	Count
Trout	Calhoun	24
Freese	Trout	10
Aybar	Trout	9
Trout	Freese	8
Calhoun	Trout	8
Trout	Pujols	7
Trout	Aybar	5
Pujols	Trout	5
Calhoun	Aybar	3
Aybar	Calhoun	3
Freese	Calhoun	2
Pujols	Cron	2
Cron	Trout	2
Cron	Pujols	2
Hamilton	Trout	2

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Most Common First Three Consecutive Batters In Lineup

1st	2nd	3rd	Count
Trout	Calhoun	Pujols	13
Aybar	Trout	Calhoun	5
Trout	Calhoun	Freese	4
Trout	Calhoun	Aybar	4
Freese	Trout	Aybar	4
Trout	Calhoun	Cron	3
Freese	Trout	Hamilton	3
Calhoun	Trout	Pujols	3
Trout	Pujols	Calhoun	3
Pujols	Trout	Calhoun	3
Aybar	Trout	Pujols	2
Trout	Freese	Calhoun	2
Trout	Freese	Pujols	2
Trout	Freese	Cron	2
Trout	Freese	Hamilton	2
Calhoun	Trout	Aybar	2
Calhoun	Trout	Freese	2
Trout	Pujols	Freese	2
Trout	Aybar	Pujols	2
Pujols	Trout	Hamilton	2

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Most Common 3-4-5 Batters In Lineup

3rd	4th	5th	Count
Pujols	Freese	Aybar	4
Pujols	Cron	Hamilton	3
Aybar	Pujols	Cron	3
Calhoun	Pujols	Cron	3
Calhoun	Pujols	Rutledge	3
Calhoun	Cron	Hamilton	3
Freese	Pujols	Cron	3
Cron	Pujols	Calhoun	3
Pujols	Hamilton	Freese	2
Pujols	Hamilton	Iannetta	2
Pujols	Freese	Iannetta	2
Pujols	Cron	Rutledge	2
Pujols	Cron	Iannetta	2
Pujols	Cron	Freese	2
Aybar	Pujols	Freese	2
Aybar	Pujols	Calhoun	2
Aybar	Pujols	Trout	2
Calhoun	Pujols	Hamilton	2
Freese	Pujols	Hamilton	2
Cron	Pujols	Hamilton	2
Hamilton	Pujols	Calhoun	2
Hamilton	Pujols	Aybar	2
Aybar	Cron	Pujols	2

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Note: All table counts are out of Top 100 most optimal lineups.
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