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I just did an experiment to attempt to determine the difference in OUTFIELD singles for Chone and Ichiro (over an equal number of PAs).
I'm going off career averages ... but what I actually ended up with was:
Chone 138.87 outfield singles per 700 PAs
Ichiro 138.38 outfield singles per 700 PAs
Pretty much the entire diff in "perception" about Ichiro and Chone is driven by the difference in PAs, (Ichiro always hits 1st and plays 158+ games -- while Chone has shifted, and also misses games), coupled with Ichiro's superhuman infield hit numbers.
Ichiro's only real edge is in HRs ... where his 10 to 5 per season edge IS significant. That's it. That's the entire delta.