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.400 batting average, how can anyone even argue against this?

BA.

batting average, not even close

sine 1901 (the beginning of modern baseball):

8 guys have had a BA of .400 or better 14 times

5 guys have had an OBP of .500 or better 13 times

not to mention OBP is more important than BA

not to mention OBP is more important than BA

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question:

 

would you rather have a guy with a .300 average and a .300obp

 

or

 

a guy with a .000 average and a .325obp?

 

just wonderin

not to mention OBP is more important than BA

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question:

 

would you rather have a guy with a .300 average and a .300obp

 

or

 

a guy with a .000 average and a .325obp?

 

just wonderin

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if the guy with a .300 average is a singles hitter, yes

BA, because Bonds sucks.

Batting Average

.400 batting average!! :notworthy

There is no chance you realistically don't earn your .400 batting average. You could sit around, be 3 feet tall, and have a .500 OBP because no one can pitch to you.

Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, other high OBP guys > Ichiro.

Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, other high OBP guys > Ichiro.

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o yea, Giambi sure has been better than Ichiro

no one> ichiro

Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, other high OBP guys > Ichiro.

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o yea, Giambi sure has been better than Ichiro

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Example

lol

 

i agree that bonds is better than ichiro, but not many others have been better than ichiro this year, maybe not even anyone human

Ichiro is a singles hitter playing at a premium power position. He better damn well be batting .400 to make up the difference.

Choi had a high OBP, but he wasnt really that productive. :plain

Going 2-5 everyday seems pretty tough to me. Going 2-4 or 0-2 2BB doesn't seem quite as difficult.

I don't think so. When I played I had a hard time laing off borderline pitches. I would want to be the one who won the game and would swing at bad pitches. I think major leaguers, being the best players on the little league, high school, american legion, college, minors and so on, would have that same mentality.

Batting AVG

BA

BA

the hardest thing in sports is hitting a baseball