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Originally Posted by Subby
A guy who hits in the middle of the order and has a bunch of guys good at getting on base in front of him is going to have to try hard NOT to drive in 100 runs in a year. This doesn't mean he is necessarily great at driving in runs. It just means he has a lot of opportunities.
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Eh, seems like at least a little excessive hyperbole there.
Only 9 players drove in 100 runs in the AL this year.
Of those, 2 came from teams (TOR, KC) that were in the bottom half of .OBP. And 2 teams (CLE,CHI) in the top half of .OBP had no one with 100 RBI.
It makes it easier for sure, but prolly doesn't reach the "have to try hard not to" threshold IMO.