Mets fans may still be shaking their heads about Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer’s mad dash in Game 5 of the 2015 World Series.
Well, they should take comfort in knowing this: Hosmer is the second-fastest first baseman in the game. That’s according to Statcast’s “Sprint Speed” metric, which is defined as “feet per second in a player’s one-second window.”
A batch of information was released Tuesday, and it shows the fastest players this season are:
1. Reds outfielder Billy Hamilton, 30.1 feet per second
2. Twins outfielder Byron Buxton, 29.9 feet per second
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