# Be a .100 slugger or .300 single hitter?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-a-100-slugger-or-300-single-hitter/693272>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 16, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-a-100-slugger-or-300-single-hitter/693272 "2014-07-16T14:22:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-a-100-slugger-or-300-single-hitter/693272/81 "2014-07-22T21:51:50Z")

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> [@brickbacon](#):
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> There is no adjusted batting average.
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> Which makes it an almost useless comparison. But again, your math makes no sense.
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> You cannot subtract the non-singles hits.  
> It’s called math and using common sense.

Wow, I’d get new coffee filters, because yours isn’t getting the urine out. His math is fine, and his comparison is fine. It may not totally applicable, and it may not be the best possible one to use, but it’s not hard to follow, and certainly not worth getting nasty about.

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**Author:** ![brickbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-a-100-slugger-or-300-single-hitter/693272/82 "2014-07-22T22:18:06Z")

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> [@Munch](#):
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> Wow, I’d get new coffee filters, because yours isn’t getting the urine out. His math is fine, and his comparison is fine. It may not totally applicable, and it may not be the best possible one to use, but it’s not hard to follow, and certainly not worth getting nasty about.

The comparison is nonsense. He is essentially saying if I arbitrarily lower Gwynn’s stats in a way that barely makes superficial sense, his batting average is lower than our OP’s player. That tells us absolutely nothing. I wasn’t being “nasty” about it. I was explaining why his/her analysis is nonsensical.

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