OT/ a little help plase

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Posted By: David Smith

OK, here is what I need help on, if anybody can.

A few years ago, I think I read an article that concerned a study that somebody did (SABER?). What the person/people were studying and trying to pinpoint was when the peek years, offensively, were for most baseball players.

If I remember correctly, the study looked at something like 5,000 guys who had played in the Majors since 1900. They weeded out guys who were only in the bigs for a short time. After looking at the stats for these 5,000 or so players, they came up with the age 27 and age 28 years as being the peek years for most players.

Why I would like help on this is because I have been discussing this subject on the Cincinnati Reds chatboard. I have made it known that I do not like Adam Dunn becaue he is, in my opinion, a ONE TOOL player who is not worth what the REds are paying him and who has cost the REds Wins because he is a bad hitter and a poor Defensive Outfielder.

Well, every time I say something negative about Dunn, this one guy says to "PROVE IT".

One example of this was when I said that Dunn was one of the worst Defensive Left Fielders in the NL and that he cost the Reds at least 20 Runs a year because of it. This guy said, "PROVE IT". I then had to go and find the article where John DeWan, who writes the Fielding Bible, said that about Dunn. This person didn't want to accept it, even though I then told him that DeWan has a compnay that does nothing BUT look at fielding and that both Agents and almost half the teams in MLB USE DeWan's companys services.

Now, this guy is saying, "PROVE IT" to my assertion that this study concerning ball players peek Offensive years was actually done and that, in fact, ages 27 and 28 ARE the peek years for most players.

So, if anyone can help me with this I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks,

David