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Originally Posted by JDOldSchool
You can not like it, but that's what you're saying. You're putting counting stats over rate stats and that's wrong.
2. It's especially wrong when one significant factor for one guy having more numbers is that the other guy was not in the league yet!
3. Ichiro may have been responsible for more runs, but if Dunn was a leadoff hitter he would be superior by a good 20 equivalent runs and that includes him playing significantly fewer games.
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1. Ehh, wrong again. I'm putting value over rate.
2. You are in error again. Both players made their MLB debut in 2001.
3. Ichiro bats leadoff because he is a superior athlete. He plays all the time because he is a superiorly conditioned athlete. He's has been more valuable offensively every season during their respective careers, except for the last. If you factored offensive replacement value for position, the gap widens. But, we won't because Dunn needs every crutch to stay in the picture.