
Originally Posted by
nycericanguy
Here we go again with Swishers "OBP".
Again, how has his OBP ever actually helped us in the playoffs? Do people realize Swisher's higher OBP means he gets on base maybe 10-15 times more over the course of an entire season?
Not a huge difference.
And again, people, look at things in context, Swisher gets on base (during the regular season) and does nothing, he's a lumber on the bases.
Ichiro gets on base and forces a pitchers attention on him, steals bases, goes 1st to 3rd, scores from 1st on doubles.
Not all "OBP" is equal, sometimes people get so enamored with stats that they forget to really even think about what a stat means. I would much rather have Ichiro on base 34 times out of 100, then Swisher on base 37 times out of 100.