70 or .401

[ElTexan]

In one season, would you rather hit 70 homers or bat for an average of .401?

 

[romeo212000]

70 bombs. Chicks dig the long ball.

 

[BigRedMoe]

70 bombs. Chicks dig the long ball.

Yeah, but if you go too long they start complaining about "getting sore". They need to take some more "batting practice" to build up some calluses.

 

[huskers1217]

.401

chicks dig money and with a .401 i could get enough money to get any chick



and no mention of steroids to attach to my name

 

[Nasty_Magician]

.401 seems like it could remain a tough feat for a long long time. In 20 years who knows, 70 home runs could be the average for a home run champ each year.

 

[romeo212000]

.401

chicks dig money and with a .401 i could get enough money to get any chick



and no mention of steroids to attach to my name

If im swatting 70 bombs, I've got all the money I'll ever need.

 

[huskers1217]

If im swatting 70 bombs, I've got all the money I'll ever need.

yes...but your on roids and a disgrace....and I'm like the king of the baseball world like I'm ted fucking williams

 

[DHoey]

.401

If you hit 70 bombs, people would claim you were on roids, whether you were or not

 

[tducey]

.401 for me.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

My obvious first thought was what's already mentioned. 70 bombs is coming with an auto asterisk.

And while 70 bombs isn't something that happens on the regular. We've got a lot of guys cranking homers into the 50s.

Hitting over .400 for a season is insane. And you are probably getting some dingers along the way.

 

[HammerDown]

.401 seems like it could remain a tough feat for a long long time. In 20 years who knows, 70 home runs could be the average for a home run champ each year.

.401 in the era of specialist pitchers seems utterly impossible to me.

I also foresee collusion among teams at the end to not give you anything to hit.

But in general, that absolutely would be a bigger deal. Tony Gwynn was about to do it in the strike-shortened season.

 

[StanMarsh51]

.401 in the era of specialist pitchers seems utterly impossible to me.

I also foresee collusion among teams at the end to not give you anything to hit.

But in general, that absolutely would be a bigger deal. Tony Gwynn was about to do it in the strike-shortened season.

Even with Gwynn at .394, it would've been a major uphill battle....if the strike hadn't happened and his ABs/game remained constant until the end of the season (where he would've had 617 total ABs), he would've needed to hit .414 in those remaining ABs to end the season at .400

That's how ridiculous it is to get .400....a guy hitting .394 through 2/3 the season would need to hit 20 points higher over the final third.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

I picked 70 HRs... But it really is an impossible question to answer without knowing what else a player did... People have already responded that if they are hitting 400+ they will hit some HRs too... But how about the other way around...

with 70 HRs it is very hard to have a OBP of less than .350...

 

[ElTexan]

Even with Gwynn at .394, it would've been a major uphill battle....if the strike hadn't happened and his ABs/game remained constant until the end of the season (where he would've had 617 total ABs), he would've needed to hit .414 in those remaining ABs to end the season at .400

That's how ridiculous it is to get .400....a guy hitting .394 through 2/3 the season would need to hit 20 points higher over the final third.

"Not only was Gwynn at .394, but he was hitting .423 during the second half of the season and .475 during the month of August. Over his final 14 games, he hit an astounding .439."

 

[JohnU]

I think I could probably do both, but I can't get my agent to work out the right deal.

 

[UK Cowboy]

.401.....70 bombs can't be done without pharmaceutical enhancement

 

[The Derski]

.401 is more impressive imo. If the chicks understood baseball they would dig that more.

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

.401


I don't want to have a little pecker.

 

[Wazmankg]

.401. That would be insane in an era of 6 inning starters and bullpens full of 1 inning specialists.

 

[Clayton]

70HRs although its likely impossible to do it cleanly like everyone is suggesting.

70HRs means LOTS of walks