I always check a player's career road splits to get a better idea of what they really accomplished. It's a low tech, convenient way of balancing out home field hitting advantages (Coors field, especially pre-humidors being an extreme example) due to short porches, clever groundskeepers, prevailing winds, etc. These are Santo's career road numbers:
4375 PA, 171 2B, 126 HR, 588 RBI, .257 BA, .406 SLG, .747 OPS
Compare that to Ron Cey's - for whom nobody is demanding hall of Fame consideration - road splits:
4135 PA, 184 2B, 150 HR, 556 RBI, .261 BA, .445 SLG, .797 OPS
Incidentally, Santo's lifetime fielding percentage was .954. Cey's was .961
Last edited by Anthony S.; 11-04-2011 at 12:48 PM.
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