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From: radio@spuxll.UUCP (Rick Farina)
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Subject: Re: Cubs "Career" Seasons of 84
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Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 15:20:14 EDT
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> In regard to David Rubin and Whitey Herzog's comments of the Cubs
> "career seasons" of 1984 - it just doesn't seem to be true.
> I have looked up (in Bill James' Baseball Abstract) the 1984
> stats of the Cubs starters vs. their career averages and here they are:
> 
> Name        G  AB   Hit  2B 3B HR R  RBI  BB SO  SB  AVG
> Durham 84  137 473  132  30  4 23 86  96  69 86  16  .279
>   career       565  161  31  8 21 89  91  70 101 25  .285
>
...

Yes, but how did you arrive at those career statistics? Does the career
line include 1984? If it does, then the career numbers don't prove your
point, especially since the career stats of the less-experienced Cubs 
(Sandberg, Dernier, Davis) might merely be skewed in favor of their 
1984 career year.

Aw c'mon. Let's face it: last year the Cubs were magic, 
this year they're mud.

raf
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