Friday, April 30, 2010

Best Batting Performances By A Cardinal Rookie

Everyone is atwitter (pun mostly intended) about David Freese’s performance Thursday afternoon. But the stat that most people are quoting is the Cardinal rookie third baseman’s six runs batted in; some even are noting that it’s the most RBIs for a rookie since 1925*. That’s admirable as far as it goes, but many people now realize that RBIs are largely a dependent on game circumstance and teammates. In other words, RBIs contain some noise.

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