Quote Originally Posted by Kc61 View Post
I wish I could understand this.

Bruce has a 9% walk rate. It's a good walk rate for a power hitter. It's average for Bruce lifetime. He walks plenty.

All the rest of his OBP is his batting average. Those are by far and away the key components.

Yet posters care about OBP and don't care about BA. When BA is directly responsible for his low OBP.

Sorry, I just don't get this.
Fair point, Bruce's low OBP is due to his lack of base hits.

But you can, of course, have a good OBP without a high batting average.