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Originally Posted by Murphy3
The 96 lineup was awesome. Every player in the lineup had something going for them.
The worst OBP for any of the starters was .317. That was Kevin Elster. Well, he was a SS and managed 99 RBI's and 24 HR's.
The next lowest OBP was .342 for Pudge which was much more than acceptable especially from the catchers position.
The team OBP was .358. Team OPS was .827
The 1996 pitching is in no way comparable to 2011...
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The OPS+ of that club was 103, and the ERA+ was 113. They were actually better pitching than hitting, once the era/park was accounted for (i.e., steroids). Pudge's .300/.342/.473 was only league average. Ken Hill's 1996 (16-10, 3.63 ERA in 250.1 IP, 145 ERA+, 6.5 WAR) is criminally underappreciated.
The 2011 Rangers have an OPS+ of 108 and an ERA+ of 117.
EDIT: Speaking of Ken Hill, I vividly remember being at this game:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bo...99607170.shtml . I was eight years old at the time, but I remember Hill being lifted by Oates with two outs in the ninth and not being very happy about it (because my dad wasn't very happy about it).