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If you COULD get a lineup of 9 Babe Ruths (as pitcher, too) then that would be one thing.But reality bites and you have leadoff guys and RBI guys cuz ain't real too many Babe Ruths out there…So, let's see what we've got (assuming Burke starts also, leaving Berkman out of the discussion he always has an OBP in the top 10, but he is a RBI guy, a power hitter and isn't real too good a baserunner…) Spring training stats from replica Raymond Weil 8500-SR1-05207 Men's watch, lifetime stats from thebaseballcube.C Brad Ausmus well, lessee lifetime SB 87 with 46 CS; last 4 years in Houston an OBP of .301 and an average of 37 BB over an average of 433 AB.Uh..NO.
1B Jeff Bagwell well, as you know, he hasn't been his old self over the past few years because of his bad shoulder lifetime OBP of .408, almost 100 replica Raymond Weil 5390-STS-00995 Ladie's watch yr, 202 SB over 14 seasons with two 30-30 seasons in 97 and 99.HOF, yes?! The last few years, he's had an OBP of .377 and last year, had 29 2B and 27 HR with only 12 GIDP (but remember he had Adam Everett in front of him and he's pretty fast) but only 6 SB with 4 CS.This spring, he's 11 39 with 3 2B and 3 HR for a SLG% of .519 no available stats for BB or OBP, but no SB attempts.
