QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Apr 10, 2007 -> 10:43 PM)
The object of the game is to score more runs than the other team. The beautiful thing about baseball is that it doesn't necessarily take a hit to score a run, but if you read the earlier post, this guy does seem to hit pretty well with runners on base. He's obviously contributing greatly to the offense without getting on base very much. At least he's driving someone in. Using your theory, if he gets on all the time, he's just going to be dependent on someone else driving him in. At least he's producing. Driving in 8 runs in a week is being a productive hitter, regardless of his batting average.
Exactly the point. RBIs depend on other players, not just one (unless we're talking homeruns, obviously). Because of this, using them to evaluate how one player has done in the year doesn't make much sense.