How many “on base machines” do the Phillies have?

Sep 22 2017 by The Good Phight

 

The Phillies have some players who can walk. Some of them can hit. Is that allowed?

During the gamethread for the final Phillies/Dodgers game of the year, an embryonic conversation started to develop around how nice it is that the Phillies may have an “on base machine” on their hands, or maybe even more than one.

The first question I had was, “What is an ‘on-base machine’?”

Using Baseball-Reference.com’s 2017 league hitting numbers as a starting point may help answer this....

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