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    Dodgers clinch 1st-round bye with win over Diamondbacks

    by Mike DiGiovanna, Los Angeles Times Sep 20, 2022 3 minutes
    Chris Taylor of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a three-run home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the fourth inning at Dodger Stadium on September 19, 2022, in Los Angeles, California.

    Batting average is considered old-fashioned in today’s analytics-driven game, a statistical relic that has been replaced by on-base percentage, slugging percentage and wins above replacement as more accurate measures of offense, and a batting title doesn’t carry the weight it once did.

    “It does for me,” Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman shot back before Monday night’s 5-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in front of a crowd of 44,854 at Chavez Ravine.

    “I know people don’t put as much stock in batting average and RBIs, but if you go

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