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Old 12-18-2024, 06:44 AM
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Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb View Post
Most of Bob Johnson’s highest ranking stats that have been mentioned are primarily a result of high walk totals based on his plate appearances per season and career. Walks aren’t nearly as impressive to me as hits and extra base hits where you have the ability to drive in more runs, not just get on base to score them. Don’t really think he deserves to be in the Hall and very little support for him over the years, that’s probably why.
He had 1283 RBIs with only 2051 hits and had an OPS+ of 139. For his career, he hit .306 with an OPS of .931 with runners in scoring position. Seems like he did a pretty good job at driving in runs regardless of how many walks he had.
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