tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554256078924292106.post8804434011949112173..comments2009-02-25T10:38:22.120-08:00Gabriel Schechterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10996629557540672071noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5554256078924292106.post-82469686671289664952009-02-25T10:38:00.000-08:002009-02-25T10:38:00.000-08:00How about the cultural importance of one of my favorite arcane stats (though is it technically a stat if I'm the only one ever to observe it?), the HR/K ratio--which is the say, the ratio between the hitter's most transcendent success and his most abysmal failure. I'm reasonably confident that no one with more than a cup of coffee can beat Mr. Coffee's career .978 on 361/369 (this is from memory; correct me if I'm wrong), and more remarkable than that is that if Joe D had quit a year earlier, he'd have hung it up w/ a HR/K of > 1. The catcher on that team had a pretty good ratio, too. Needless to say, Ryan Howard need not apply.cheeseblabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06933247202378695543noreply@blogger.com