Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
Larry Schuler (09-04-2013),Tom Servo (09-04-2013)
Code:CINCINNATI REDS SEASON OBA vs. the league average displayed only--not a sorting criteria RUNS vs. the league average displayed only--not a sorting criteria REACHED BASE YEAR RB OBA R 1 Pete Rose 1969 311 .099 50 2 Pete Rose 1975 310 .070 37 3 Pete Rose 1976 307 .075 57 4 Pete Rose 1973 301 .069 39 5 Joey Votto 2011 299 .089 30 6 Joe Morgan 1975 298 .130 50 7 Pete Rose 1974 296 .051 32 8 Frank Robinson 1962 295 .084 59 9 Pete Rose 1965 286 .060 41 T10 Joe Morgan 1973 282 .074 45 T10 Joe Morgan 1972 282 .092 59
I was rewatching Bull Durham last night . It turns out RBI are an important stat:
- Annie SavoyMaking love is like hitting a baseball: you just gotta relax and concentrate. Besides, I'd never sleep with a player hitting under .250... not unless he had a lot of RBIs and was a great glove man up the middle.
It turns out RBI can be a sorting criteria.
Always Red (09-04-2013),Wonderful Monds (09-04-2013)
Making love is like hitting a baseball: you just gotta relax and concentrate. Besides, I'd never sleep with a player hitting under .250... not unless he had a lot of RBIs and was a great glove man up the middle.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
*BaseClogger* (09-05-2013),Wonderful Monds (09-04-2013)
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