Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site spuxll.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!spuxll!radio From: radio@spuxll.UUCP (Rick Farina) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: Cubs "Career" Seasons of 84 Message-ID: <716@spuxll.UUCP> Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 15:20:14 EDT Article-I.D.: spuxll.716 Posted: Fri Aug 23 15:20:14 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 00:27:46 EDT References: <660@ihlts.UUCP> <745@fisher.UUCP>, <323@ltuxa.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems, South Plainfield NJ Lines: 23 > 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 ---