Dark’s low OBP compared to a mediocre hitter like Eddie Yost aka The Walking Man might lend credence to the belief that just getting on base is a better strategy than raw hitting. Dark was a good hitter and hit close to .290 for his career compared to Yost’s .254. Yet Yost had a much higher OBP and had more seasons scoring one hundred runs or more playing for mostly lousy teams compared to Dark who played for a lot of good teams.
I'm surprised the Yankees in the early 1960s scored as many runs as they did with low-walk low-OBP hitters Bobby Richardson and Tony Kubek at the top of the line-up.