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Higher OBP than SLG is very unusual for a season let alone a long career. Filia might be a Eddie Yost fan.Hy Feiber wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 7:43 pmPlayed 18 years, while batting but .254 lifetime, had an incredible .394 OBP.
One year he walked 151 times.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... ed01.shtml
Guessing Eddie wasn't as much into bong hits though. lolHe had a few seasons where he had over 700 plate appearances so he had to have been. Amazing he walked so much considering he wasn't much of a threat as a hitter. Imagine someone like Ben Gamel drawing 125 walks.Double Mocha Man wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:37 pmObviously Eddie Yost walked the walk. But how many of those walks drove in a run or two? Love his OBP... guessing he was a leadoff hitter?
Good point. I "Baseball Referenced" him and he stands 5' 10" tall... so he was no Eddie Gaedel, who BTW, holds the all-time record for OBP.DavidGee24 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:52 pmHe had a few seasons where he had over 700 plate appearances so he had to have been. Amazing he walked so much considering he wasn't much of a threat as a hitter. Imagine someone like Ben Gamel drawing 125 walks.Double Mocha Man wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:37 pmObviously Eddie Yost walked the walk. But how many of those walks drove in a run or two? Love his OBP... guessing he was a leadoff hitter?
I just posted the all time list a few inches above your post. He only had 72 SBs in 2100 games and had a negative Bsr metric so not a lead off prototype...Double Mocha Man wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:06 amGood point. I "Baseball Referenced" him and he stands 5' 10" tall... so he was no Eddie Gaedel, who BTW, holds the all-time record for OBP.DavidGee24 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:52 pmHe had a few seasons where he had over 700 plate appearances so he had to have been. Amazing he walked so much considering he wasn't much of a threat as a hitter. Imagine someone like Ben Gamel drawing 125 walks.Double Mocha Man wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:37 pmObviously Eddie Yost walked the walk. But how many of those walks drove in a run or two? Love his OBP... guessing he was a leadoff hitter?