QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 20, 2011 -> 09:07 PM)
but that doesn't mean that a HR isn't better! What is more likely to produce a run, getting to first base on a single, getting to 2nd on a double, or getting home on a hr?
A leadoff hitter with a .340 Obp and 20 homers is a big upgrade on a leadoff hitter with a .350 Obp and 1 hr.
And what's his OBP if stats enabled caught stealings to be deducted from Pierre's obp? Technically he wasn't on base.