Baseball Quote by Harry Enten

On-base percentage really doesn't mean that much.

— Mitch Williams

If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?

— Jeff Francoeur

On-base percentage is great if you can score runs and do something with that on-base percentage. Clogging up the bases isn't that great to…

— Dusty Baker

That's all baseball is, is numbers; it's run by numbers, averages, percentage and odds. Managers make their decisions based on the numbers.

— Rollie Fingers

I find statistics a good thing to measure and we do look closely at them, but we don't go crazy on it, and I…

— Eddie Howe

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.

— Hank Aaron

Statistics are the lifeblood of baseball. In no other sport are so many available and studied so assiduously by participants and fans. Much of…

— Leonard Koppett

It used to be just fielding percentage, now it's both. Do you make every play that you're supposed to make? And do you make…

— Marcus Semien

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is eighty percent of being a successful hitter. The other twenty percent is just execution.

— Hank Aaron

Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding.

— Mickey Rivers

Baseball isn't statistics, it's Joe DiMaggio rounding second base.

— Jimmy Breslin

Baseball is 50% from the neck up

— Ted Williams