[Propertarian]

A player with a .1000 OBP/.000 slug is far more valuable than the .450/.550 guy for all teams right now. OBP is more valuable, point per point, than slugging.

Similarly, a .430/.430 is much more valuable than a .330/.500.

Think about this: a team who had a 1.000 OBP would score infinite runs-they wouldn't make any outs! (unless it was run by Dusty Baker or a similar moron who would make them try and steal).

Bill James did this great experiment a few years ago...he put Babe Ruth (in one of his best years) in a lineup of all below average players. He then simulated like a 1000 seasons were the opposition pitched to Ruth normally, and a thousand were they walked ruth every time.

The team which had the (approximately) .380/.500/.775 Ruth (1.275 OPS) averaged like 70 runs less per year than the team with the .000/1.000/.000. Guys hitting after the "walked every-time Ruth" would end up with stats like .250 ba with 10 hrs 125 rbis.