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HMatsui
02-01-2002, 06:35 PM
Who has the highest differential between B.A. and O.B.P in both a single season and career (different guys for each answer) with a minimum of 5000 at-bats?
HMatsui
02-02-2002, 07:16 PM
anyone want to even take a guess???
Guesses are fun!!!
imgreat95
02-02-2002, 08:58 PM
this is strictly a guess... but I am going to say the single season one is Ricky Henderson in 1996. Avg=.241 OBP=.410
imgreat95
02-02-2002, 09:23 PM
As for career wise, The best I can find is a tie between Ted Williams and Eddie Yost with a difference of .137
Baseball Guru
02-03-2002, 06:00 PM
My guess for a single season is Bonds last year....He hit .328 and had an OBP% of .515, a difference of .187...

No guess on the career.....If you hadn't put a minimum AB's I would have guessed Max Bishop who hit .271 and had an OBP% of .423, a difference of .152 but he only had 4494 AB's.....
HMatsui
02-03-2002, 07:12 PM
Ok, time to hand out the awards....

Kudos to James for his Bonds answer.
It's easy to pay attention to all of Bonds's other accomplishments last year -- James saw past that!!!

For the largest career difference, we'll give a half a kudo to IMGreat, who answered Ted Williams and Eddie Yost, with differences of .137...

According to my numbers, Yost is the correct answer.
He had a career avg. of .254/ OBP of .394, equaling a .140 difference.
Williams was a close second, with an avg. of .344/OBP of .482, coming to a .138 margin.

***James, you're also right that Bishop would have been the hands-down winner, had I made the question 5000 plate appearances, instead of at-bats. Also, Eddie Stanky and Gene Tenace would have surpassed Yost's total.
Baseball Guru
02-04-2002, 01:58 AM
:jump: :jump2: :colorjump YIPPIE!!!