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Originally Posted by ctownboy
BK's big problem is that he thinks RBI's are an antiquated way of looking at things. To have a lot of RBI's requires for the batter to have a lot of men getting on base in front of him so that is not really in the batters control as much as say a walk is.
So, Joe Carter having numerous 100 RBI seasons doesn't mean much to BK because he had a lot of guys getting on base in front of him but didn't do much else as a ball player (as far as the advanced stats say).
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In one of his 100 RBI seasons, Joe Carter hit something like .236 and he said something to the effect of "I may have gotten to 100 RBI's but I had a really bad year. There were so many runners on for me, that 100 RBI's was almost a given." He knew that season was not a real good one for him
Carter did not walk, was a decent but not great fielder after about age 27. But that 1993 walk-off home run and his counting stats will always put him in some sort of a HOF discussion.