Giants' Luis Arraez swings the bat like Warriors' Steph Curry shoots free throws
This is an incredible stat.
Giants' Luis Arraez swings the bat like Warriors' Steph Curry shoots free throws originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Luis Arraez and Steph Curry.
Both are now hanging out in the Bay Area after Arraez signed with the San Francisco Giants in free agency this offseason. Curry has spent his entire MLB career with the Golden State Warriors. They've got more than that in common, though.
Curry shoots free throws at a similar rate to the amount of time that Arraez makes contact with his swings. Baseball statistician Ryan M. Spaeder shared these figures on X on Wednesday before the Giants opened the season against the Yankees: Curry: 4,628 free throw attempts, 406 misses, 91.
2% free-throw percentage Arraez: 6,271 swings, 473 whiffs, 92. 5% contact rate MORE: Mike Trout, Tiger Woods, and Superman without his cape Curry's free throw percentage is the all-time NBA record. Arraez's contact numbers aren't able to be compared to bygone eras, but they're definitely the best of this era.