I don't think you're understanding the statistics very well, or looking them up yourself. You're discrediting his year last year because he isn't doing good this year. Lets get some numbers out. McGehee's RISP: .324.372.571.943 Fielder's RISP:.233.451.301.753 I'm guessing that has a lot to do with higher RBI numbers. These are averages, so PA aren't used, just ABs. Prince also hit a lot of solo shots. Of his 32 HR, 26 of them were solo shots, and 6 came with any runners on. This can be blamed by runners in front of him not getting on base, but if you look at the numbers... Fielder had 247 AB with men on and hit 6 HR. Casey had 286 AB with men on and hit 11 HR. Fielder's avg HR per AB with runners on was 0.024 compared to Casey's 0.038. Interesting stuff. I don't have stats about how many were on base on average per home run, or how many RBIs resulted as HR/2B/S... that would be interesting to look at as well. The fact is: Casey had a good year, and you're discrediting the amount of RBI's he's hit due to... him hitting RBI's rather than walking? Do you honestly think the teams' run numbers would be much higher if he walked more? He was in the 5-hole, not lead-off. His job was to bat runners in when they were in scoring position, not draw walks. Obviously, he did a good job with RISP (.949 OPS)... why would you want a guy who's hitting that well with RISP to go up to the plate and draw a walk for players below him who obviously weren't doing as well. I fail to see how wrong it was for McGehee to lead the team in RBIs instead of drawing walks so Escobar and Gomez could drive him in.