If you haven’t seen it yet, you’ll want to read this interesting piece by Jerry Crasnick over at ESPN. It’s about Billy Hamilton, if you haven’t figured that out yet:
Hamilton is tied for 11th in the majors with 40 runs even though he ranks 127th among 171 qualifying hitters with a .305 on-base percentage. If he continues at his current pace, he’ll finish the season with about 109 runs. Since the start of the live ball era in 1920, only two players (Tony Armas of the 1984 Boston Red Sox and Hughie Critz of the 1930 Reds and New York Giants) have scored 105 runs in a season in which they logged an OBP of .