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Re: homeruns


Posted by: () on Wed Jun 18 21:09:14 2003


From my experience, a coach would rather have a player batting .400 hitting line drives and getting on base, than a hitter that bats .200 but can hit the occassional home run. Go for the batting average, not the glory and feel good moment of a home run. If it happens, GREAT! If not, dont worry about it.

BA doesn't win games. It's merely a means to an end. Runs win games. Someone has to be on base to drive in so let's pay attention to OBP (OBP because runs are scored one per runner who crosses home safely regardless of how they reached base). The people who drive those runs in end up with the high rbi totals and these people are...the hitters with high slugging percentages. I find high rbi hitters are often not the highest BA on the team. But runs/rbi's are the name of the game. Home runs and triples are even better than doubles, but doubles change everything. Singles move runners. Doubles etc. drive them in. OBP and SLG-that's the way to measure hitters.


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