I went to a 9 year old baseball tournament this weekend. I can assure you that a walk and two or three passed balls is better than a hit, because the kids were better on ground balls and throwing batters out at first, but a walk was as good as a triple and often resulted in a run.
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Originally Posted by Exhibitman
I'd love to get a 1977 Henderson card. Amazing how he looked 40 years old in 1977 and in 1999. His stats are really fun. Check this out:
3,055 Hits
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2,190 walks
=
5,245 times on base
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299 home runs
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66 triples
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510 doubles
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4,370 singles and walks
Henderson stole 1,406 bases.
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3rd 344 times
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home 4 times
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1,058 steals of 2nd base.
1058/4370
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24.21% of the time his single or walk became a de facto double. That's astounding...
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