Thread: AVG v OBP
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Old 06-05-2006, 06:59 PM   #54
Luis_Rivera
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Originally Posted by sixto
Whether you take the HR out or not, there is still a virtual cap on how well a player can perform on balls in play.
Yep... well, taking homers out of the equation results in less noise for your purposes, as HR correlate positively with strikeouts, and thus causes more extreme BACON numbers like Thome's '01.
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