Key+Statistics

Key Statistics: In baseball, the //key statistics// are Batting Average, On-Base Percentage as well as Strike outs and Home runs. Please answer the following questions:
 * 1) Why do you think that these four statistics are considered to be the //key statistics// for managers choosing their team members?
 * 2) Is one of these statistics more important than another? If so, which one?
 * 3) Using the copy of Robin Ventura’s baseball card (the handout from class is also in the Pages and Files section), which year did he have the best On-Base Percentage? Remember OB%=(Hits+BB)/(AB+BB). What was that percentage? Was that the same year that he had his highest average? Why do you think that this was or wasn't?