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Old 05-30-2013, 09:47 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by The Wolf View Post
It very much was. Bill ranked hitters into 7 grades by OPS in his essay "The 96 Families of Hitters." Under that system Porter is a Grade D, average hitter.

You guys are confusing his relative performance with others at a traditionally underperforming position to claim that he had value. Apples and oranges: as a hitter, he was average.
You are the confused one......Bill James says that a player who performs at a rate of more than 50 points over the league average OPS is a "D - Average"?....
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