Power or Contact?

There has been some fuss going on about whether power hitters or Contact hitters are better. I thought and thought about it until i couldnt think anymore, in which i didnt come up with an answer. So i did some reasearch.

I found that Contact Hitters usually have high averages, high on base percentage, Less strikeouts than power hitters, Less Walks than Power Hitters, Not a lot of homeruns, a decent amount of Rbi's, and they are usually fast. Power Hitters dont have an average as high as contact hitters but still have a decent average, more homeruns and Rbi's than Contact Hitters, More Strikeouts and Walks than Contact Hitters, and A Higher Average with Runners in scoring position.

I then came upon the answer that You have to have both to be good. Just look, every team has at least one contact hitter and one power hitter if not more. Blue Jays, Cardinals, New York, etc. all have Multiple of these players.

You Might even be lucky enough to have a player who is both a power and contact hitter. Take Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals. He has all of the traits that you need to be a contact hitter, and a power hitter.



-Zanman720