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Originally Posted by Huisj
But but he doesn’t hit homers so he’s useless too. If he’s just hit 5 more homers he’d have as much offensive value as his whole season of work in the field.
. (Referring to Yolmer)
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That’s not exactly inaccurate, though. That’s the point. That’s how valuable home runs are.
Out of 17,568 runs scored in MLB, 7,936 have been scored via home runs. Home runs are 3.6% of all plate appearances, but they drive home 45.2% of all runs scored.