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Originally Posted by jonumberone
That is exactly why you need to use averages when comparing. At the time of the above statement. Cabrera had driven in about 29% of the total # of baserunners he had on. At the same time Rios drove in about 25%( I rounded up for both players). So based on those averages, had Rios had the same number of baserunners, he would have driven in around 10-12 less runners.
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You can't say that based on averages that if Rios has the same amount of baserunners as the others that he will still bring in less runners. You are not accounting for any improvement, and I say improvement because of his regular batting average. His average with runners on base is considerably lower than his regular batting average. So if we think about it, if Rios has more people on base, give him more baserunners, he would have to improve his average with runners on. He would not continue to hit the same with runners on. Its about giving each player the same sample size, i.e. same amount of baserunners or at least as close as we possibly can, and then average the batting. If not, then we are not comparing players as fairly and accurately.