emoney_33
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Well emoney said his 1975 world series performance was bad because of the slugging percentage, yet it was one of his worst years, he was thought washed up, yet his .310 average was second highest on the team and his 4 rbis, also the second highest totals.
So batting average is all that matters. And btw RBI is a completely USELESS stat by itself. BA w/ RISP is another statistic that throughout MLB history has not shown to UP the performance of a player. Yet logic would dictate that plate appearances with RISP are more IMPORTANT than plate appearances without RISP.
You can find an instance of a solar eclipse to prove that the sun doesn't come up every morning, but I'll let it rest by saying the opposition arguments, more than any player or situation, prove that statistics can be cherry picked, misunderstood and misused in absolutely any situation and that has nothing to do with Yastrzemski.
It is PRECISELY what you are doing. You are CHERRY picking a small sample size based on your ASSUMPTION that the "meaning" of the game is impactful to performance.
His only hit in game 7 of the WS was in an inning where the pitcher walked 3 guys unintentionally and allowed 2 hits. He made the last out.
In game 6 he singled 2 times with NO ONE on base and once with a man on 1st. He popped out with a man on 2nd. The at bat with a man on 2nd was.
In game 5 his RBI came on an OUT with a man on 3rd, he again singled with NO ONE on.
In game 4 he singled with no one on base (2 outs), he hit into a DOUBLE PLAY with men on 1st and 2nd, he singled in a run in an inning that the pitcher gave up 5 runs on 6 hits and 1 error.
In game 3 he didn't get a hit.
In game 2 he hit into a double play with men on 1st and 3rd (he being the only one not to be out), he singled with no one on base.
In game 1 he grounded out with men on 1st and 2nd. He singled with the bases loaded in an inning the pitcher allowed 6 runs on 5 hits.
It is you who has cherry picked one player's statistics and then tried to explain away the small sample size. You want to use his entire Batting Average as proof in the 75 WS, yet going by every single PA and any objective definition of "clutch", Yaz did NOTHING clutch in the 75 WS. As a matter of fact, given multiple opportunities he was the opposite of CLUTCH.
Not his fault though, as I said, he can't control WHEN his hits come.
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