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Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr
I'm not treating BA like anything else but a fact. Whether it is useful or not, I'm not going to say one way or the other. That's for each individual fan to decide for himself. But it can't be subjective. Three hits in 10 @bats is a .300 batting average no matter what any of our feelings are about it. We can't change that fact.
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Except it's not.
Walks and sacrifices aren't included.
Why? Because Henry Chadwick didn't value those when it was created because walks weren't a value added stat at the time (and rarely happened in 1860).
It's as subjective as rWAR
rWAR was created based on the importance that Sean Smith put into each category.
Batting average was created based on the important that Henry Chadwick put into each category (or lack thereof).
It's the EXACT same thing.