QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Jul 19, 2009 -> 04:07 PM)
And I agree with BearSox 100% that batting average is the most underrated stat in baseball these days. Why is OBP such a skill and batting average is not?
Batting average has little bearing on how many runs a team scores. Runs win ball games. Batting average fails to take into account the number of walks and the number of homeruns a player gets. So, if Swish hits 250, but walks over a 100 times and hits 25-30 homeruns, he is a much better player then say, Howie Kendrick who might hit .300, but with two homeruns, and walk very little.