October 23, 200619 yr To some of you this may not come as a surprise, but I know a ton of people are swayed by Howards "context-dependant" stats in his HR and RBI, so take a minute to check this out... Also keep in mind that Howard of course is playing at hitters heaven in CBP, while Pujols is playing at a neutral/pitchers park in new Busch Stadium. Bolded indicates an advantage for the given player. I didn't bold Pujols' hits, but given the discrepancy in AB, Pujols would've definitely put up more hits if given those 2 weeks back. Offensively: Ryan Howard: .313 BA 159 Games 581 AB 104 R 182 Hits 25 Doubles 58 HR 149 RBI .425 OBP .659 SLG 0 SB 181 K Albert Pujols: .331 BA 143 Games 535 AB 119 R 177 Hits 33 Doubles 49 HR 137 RBI .431 OBP .671 SLG 7 SB 50 K Defensively: Ryan Howard: 159 GP 91 A 14 E .991 FP 9.33 RF .832 ZR Albert Pujols 143 GP 110 A 6 E .996 FP 10.55 RF .855 ZR I may have missed something, I threw this together quickly Discuss...
October 23, 200619 yr More relevant than who had the most RBI's or runs (which are highlighted in your post) are the more important stats like OBP, SLG and how they performed w/ RISP.
October 23, 200619 yr Author More relevant than who had the most RBI's or runs are the more important stats like OBP, SLG and how they performed w/ RISP. Exactly my point, All context dependant stats aside, Pujols clearly had the better year. I couldnt find Pujols' BA w/ RISP, but I remember reading somewhere back around the end of the season that it was in the .390's.
October 23, 200619 yr Pujols w/ RISP .397/.535/.802 RISP w/ 2 outs .435/.581/.826 Howard w/ RISP .256/.423/.518 RISP w/ 2 outs .247/.468/.481
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