What does average matter? Nothing. It does matter a little bit. A single is better than a walk. And both are better than an out. Dunn makes significantly fewer outs while hitting for the same power. He's better. That's what I said a few posts ago. Saying average doesn't matter at all though is foolish. A single is better than a walk. Average matters very little compared to OBP and SLG. Using it as a means to try to rip Dunn, which is what Neuby was doing, is foolish. That's fine, but goony is wrong for saying it has no value. Don't even try to tell me a walk is just as good as a single. I agree for the most part, but the Cubs are a team that need to take walks. Unless all their singles are deep in the count see a lot of pitch singles. They need to take more pitches and the willingness to draw walks are a way they can do it. Hits are great, but isn't this fundamentally what Baker and Clines and company teach?