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Yeah, to echo what others have said, hitting into lots of DPs is primarily a function of these things in order:
- Having a runner on at first when a player bats a lot
- Not striking out
- Hitting ground balls
- Having a lower BABIP / speed (it's the BABIP that's used, I'm sure, but I'm pretty sure that there are plays that could be outs or hits and once that "roll" is made they could then become GIDPs)
To some degree having a guy with a high GIDP number isn't necessarily a bad thing: it means he's putting the ball in play with runners on base and for the most part the net result of that is positive. A Bill Buckner type might not be an overall positive with all of those but I think that's reflected in his other stats (the lack of huge power and the fact that the high contact rate also comes with a very low walk rate) moreso than GIDPs themselves.
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