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... were indeed pretty meaningless, in the sense that Liddi wasn't AS good a hitter as the R and RBI column suggested in this particular year ...
Problemo is, people note heavily any given RBI situation like Liddi's and ignore the composition of the career and single-season RBI leaderboards...
There are times when some pitcher is in the top 10 in strikeouts, but still isn't very good, such as Daniel Cabrera ... doesn't mean that blizzards of strikeouts are to be ignored in all pitchers...