Talk:Baseball Stat NERD/@comment-69.156.155.185-20060417212023

I have two quick comments regarding the introduction, not the entire article.

"After all, I was arguing that a solo home run and a grand slam should count the same, as far as the batter is concerned -- it is neither to his fault nor credit that the bases were empty or juiced. So, why should it affect his stat line?"

Don&quot;t ISO and SLG take this into account?

"But dissenters raised an interesting and potentially valid point: regardless of who caused the baserunner situation, the batter has a greater duty in the bases loaded situation than in the bases empty one. We probably should give more credit to the guy who hits the grand slam because at the end of the day, he&quot;s doing more for his team. While you can&quot;t credit nor debit the batter for the situation they&quot;re presented with, they argued, you certainly can adjust their statistics based on how they handle the situation."

An argument could also be made in favor of players who hit solo home runs. Since the opposing pitcher was pitching poorly enough to load the bases in the first place, it would theoretically be easier to get a base hit against him.