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Baseball Musings
April 02, 2008
Clemente vs. Kaline

Joe Posanski wonders which player was better, Clemente or Kaline? I've felt for a while that Roberto was a bit overrated as a hitter, as he had a low OBA for a player with a high batting average. As hitters, I find the argument similar to a Boggs/Gwynn comparison.


Posted by David Pinto at 05:35 PM | All-Time Greats | TrackBack (0)
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I'm hardly a statistics freak, so maybe this is common knowledge, but...

When comparing the OBA's of different players, especially from different eras, how do you factor in the propensity of the pitchers they faced to walk batters? Or, is it assumed that everything just averages out over time?


Posted by: justcorbly at April 2, 2008 06:45 PM

Clemente also only had 1300 rbi's in almost 9500 ab's and only 2 100 rbi seasons.

Posted by: Bandit at April 3, 2008 08:21 AM
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