Pete Rose had an entirely normal career, save for a couple remarkable seasons. His career batting average of .303 is decent, but by no means astounding. His career slugging and OBP of .409 and .375, respectively, would be among the worst of hall-of-famers. Yes, he had a few seasons over .325. But most of his success is attributed to his career hits record, which was gained only because of him sticking around for so long. What kind of an accomplishment is it to "set the record" for most games played, most at-bats, and ONLY set the record for most hits and doubles. Ty Cobb, for example, would have ended up with over 5000 hits with that many at-bats. And to play yourself, as player-manager, when your last four seasons you haven't slugged over .340, have hit about .260 and have 0 home runs with about 35 rbis each year is disgraceful. You would be benched on a major league team with those numbers. Oh, and, for "Charlie Hustle," a steal to caught stealing ratio of 4:3 is abhorrent.
2006-08-04
04:35:04
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