It's fundamental statistical analysis 101 to hypothesize that the guy who does something at a better clip is better at doing said something. It's not reinventing the wheel.
It's simple really.
John Paciorek had a lifetime major league batting average of 1.000. Ted Williams had a lifetime batting average of .344. Therefore John Paciorek was better at hitting baseballs than Ted Williams. It's simple really, if you're a simpleton.
Ponds had 75 made three's.
Fellini had 56 made three's.
Ted Williams had I would assume several thousand at bats.
John Paciorek had I would assume a handful or less at bats.
Other than that you make a good point. Not!
This is too easy.
So context matters?
It seems that once again you've out stupided yourself. Thanks for playing.
No. I've out stupided you. What? Ok now I've out stupided myself.
Yes, context matters. The context is that Fellini hit three's in the 16/17 season at a better rate than Ducks on the did from a relatively similiar sample size.
Meanwhile, the Splendid splinter had 2654 hits and John Paciorek had 3.
So you have made a clever, relevant comparison. Not!
Our story so far:
ApesNGrapes: a good argument can be made that ponds is the better outside shooter than Missini
Carmine: Ponds - 38%, Fellini - 43%. Not that good an argument.
Foad: Context matters when considering statistics.
Carmine: Context doesn't matter, 5.2% is 5.2%.
Foad: if context doesn't matter, John Paciorek was a better hitter than Ted Williams
Carmine: Ted Williams was better than John Paciorek, therefore context matters.
Foad: whatamaroon.
Carmine: I find being stupid easy. Therefore I win.