No, it's not bad. And I just showed you that it's not bad. And it's hardly slightly above terrible, or any other ridiculous hyperbole you'd like to use. Get over your dislike of him for two seconds and acknowledge the FACT that his batting average is good. And as for your last statement, how else would you like to evaluate minor leaguers if you don't want to look at their stats relative to their competition? You compare a player's numbers to the best numbers of players playing his position in the minors. Then you look to see if the person is old or young for his league. Compaing a player to league averages is ok for a major leaguer but the vast majority of minor leaguers never make it. Why compare a player to a guy who isn't good enough to move up a league? His batting average would be good if he also had an OPS of .950 or an OBP of .390 for his career, but alas his doesn't. I don't hate Pagen. I have nothing against him. A .282 batting average is good, regardless of whether his OBP is .290 or .390. Adam Dunn has a great OBP, but that doesn't make his average good. Nor does Pagan's modest OBP make his batting average bad.