12-17-2008, 11:49 AM
<!--quoteo(post=5430:date=Dec 17 2008, 09:47 AM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Dec 17 2008, 09:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Let me expand the Sosa/Dunn comparison a little...
These are their career 162 game averages:
Dunn:
137 hits, 40 HR, 29 2B, 96 RBI, 114 BB, 180 K, 3 SF
Sosa:
166 hits, 42 HR, 26 2B, 115 RBI, 64 BB, 159 K, 5 SF
Pretty fucking close, really.
Sosa averaged about 30 more hits per season, but Dunn averages about 50 more walks. Dunn hits more doubles, they hit about the same amount of homers, Sosa hit about 19 more RBI, and struck out about 21 fewer times.
I'm not arguing that Dunn is as good of a player as Sosa was -- he isn't. But it isn't as far off as you might think...<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
now compare them in their primes. sosa was pretty shitty his first few years. then he became exactly like dunn is now, but with speed and better fielding, then he became something that dunn will never be.
compare them in their primes. it's way more far off than you may think.
These are their career 162 game averages:
Dunn:
137 hits, 40 HR, 29 2B, 96 RBI, 114 BB, 180 K, 3 SF
Sosa:
166 hits, 42 HR, 26 2B, 115 RBI, 64 BB, 159 K, 5 SF
Pretty fucking close, really.
Sosa averaged about 30 more hits per season, but Dunn averages about 50 more walks. Dunn hits more doubles, they hit about the same amount of homers, Sosa hit about 19 more RBI, and struck out about 21 fewer times.
I'm not arguing that Dunn is as good of a player as Sosa was -- he isn't. But it isn't as far off as you might think...<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
now compare them in their primes. sosa was pretty shitty his first few years. then he became exactly like dunn is now, but with speed and better fielding, then he became something that dunn will never be.
compare them in their primes. it's way more far off than you may think.
Wang.