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Originally Posted by 49ersSF
That is one of the biggest fallacies. A walk is definitely not as good as a hit. I'd say it's 75% of a hit.
A hit moves runners and scores people in scoring position. A walk does not.
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You'd be right -- a walk has a run value of 78.5% of a single this season:
https://www.fangraphs.com/tools/guts
But what's not factored in is the number of pitches a pitcher throws in a walk versus a single.