He scores the highest in the Apples & Oranges system. So what does that mean?
Category: Notes
Notes on Rogers Hornsby: The limits of fielding statistics
Nobody thinks he was a particularly good fielder. Beyond that, it's hard to pin down the value of Hornsby's glove.
Methodology
The Apples & Oranges process is simple in concept, but rather more complex in execution. The idea is to take a player's measurable production, as near as that can be determined, and compare it to what a typical team, in that player's time and place, would accomplish. Skill, value and production Let me start by …
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