Tony Perez is one of the players who gets used for the argument. Which is fair. But also if he hit .236 instead of .280 the Reds would have scored a lot less runs
You are using the RBI as a measure of team run scoring vs using it as a measure of an individual players offensive production.
Again, if Tony Perez was making outs at a faster clip than he did or accumulating fewer total bases then that is what you look at, that is the issue. Tony Perez had nothing to do with Pete Rose being on base.
The Reds issue is the second part of run creation, they don't accumulate enough total bases after they avoid making outs.
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