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ニューヨーク・タイムズ「Baseball Stats Say: Let Barry Bonds Hit」
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/19/arts/19BOND.html
ボンズ敬遠四球は愚策で、ボンズに対しては勝負したほうが統計的によい、という研究結果。

The results, he said, make it clear that the Giants are likelier to score when Bonds is walked than when he is pitched to, and that overall they score more runs.

"What I did was go back to the last three seasons and look at every one of Bonds's plate appearances and examine what happened in the inning after the first pitch to him," Mr. Reiter said in a telephone interview. "In innings where he was walked and innings where he was pitched to, how many runs did the Giants score after the first pitch to Bonds?"

ボンズが登場したイニングで、四球の場合と勝負した場合のそれぞれにおいて、どれだけ点が入ったかを過去3シーズンに渡って比較したもの。
あと、ボンズは、デイゲームとホームゲームと右投手相手に抜群の成績を残している。

In day games this season, Bonds is hitting .528, more than .200 points higher than he is hitting at night. In his home ballpark he's hitting .462, away from home only .308. Against right-handed pitching, the left-handed Bonds is hitting .414, .100 points higher than against southpaws.