The art of the hitter stat line: a subjective exercise informed in part by old baseball cards

No surprise that Albert Pujols and Stan Musial figure prominently

In late 1980, my parents – over my howling protests – moved us to another, slightly larger town in south Mississippi about 45 minutes away. I was soon to turn nine, and that Christmas they bought me a low-end Huffy bike that was on sale at Otasco. I was an early adopter of the “Santa Claus isn’t real” mindset, so this gifting was undertaken without much…