Do you understand how RBI works? You have to have someone on base to knock them in -- this is out of the batter's control. Pete Rose was one of the best hitters in the history of baseball, so he was on base a lot. This is a perfectly logical statement by Rose, though it is debatable whether Bench would still be in the HOF or not.
Maybe you should come down to sea level as well and do a search for "RBI"
Here’s the thing about Pete Rose as an offensive player. He hit. No denying that. Most years he had 200 base hits. Look around at the guys who hit for average today and you’ll notice that very few get more than about 160 bh’s.
And this is where Pete’s weakness was... on base percentage. A good OBP would be right around .400 to be an elite offensive player. Pete’s wasn’t much higher than his BA. Great contact hitter, but if he’d been more patient he’d have walked more and probably hit 20 points higher.
Only one catcher has hit more home runs than Bench. it’s not arguable that he belongs in the HOF.
“Do you understand how RBI works? You have to have someone on base to knock them in — this is out of the batter’s control. Pete Rose was one of the best hitters in the history of baseball, so he was on base a lot. This is a perfectly logical statement by Rose, though it is debatable whether Bench would still be in the HOF or not.”
So... what you’re saying is there was absolutely nobody else on the team that could have made a base hit? Is that what you’re saying? Because I do not believe that Rose was the only person on that team that could ever get a base hit.