That's the kind of hitter for me. The man who can lean against the ball and send it on a ride when there are men ahead of him is the only batter worth thinking about in baseball. There are many players with big batting averages who never advance a runner. Give me the man who meets the ball when a hit will do the most good. He will be a valuable man, no matter what the averages tell.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "That's the kind of hitter for me. The man who can lean against the ball and send it on a ride when there are men ahead of him is the only batter worth thinking about in baseball. There are many players with big batting averages who never advance a runner. Give me the man who meets the ball when a hit will do the most good. He will be a valuable man, no matter what the averages tell." in the context of "John McGraw, reacting to Ruth's tape-measure HR and RBI single, contributing to Boston's pre-season victory over McGraw's Giants, in "McGraw Seems Strong for Babe Ruth," in The Baltimore Sun (April 7, 1919), p. 9" to mean that wisdom is timeless.