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Originally Posted by CMIZ5290
Once again, I'm not disputing Hornsby as the greatest ever, he was. I'm simply saying the gap between him and Lajoie is much closer that Bill and Nick are indicating....Lajoie was an incredible player....
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Hornsby-
career slash of .358/.434/.577 (2nd/8th/10th all time among all players)
career wOBA .459 (5th all time )
career wRC+ 173 (tied 3rd all time)
career fangraphs WAR 130.3 (9th all time in the fewest plate appearances of anyone in the top 12 other than Lou Gehrig)
Lajoie:
slash line of .338/.380/.467 (21st/164th/272nd all time)
career wOBA .401 ( 77th all time)
career wRC+ 144 (45th all time)
fangraphs WAR 102.2 (19th all time in 1015 more plate appearances and 121 more games than Hornsby)
both are all time great players, but man Hornsby is comparable to Ruth, Cobb, Gehrig, Williams, Mays .Speaker, Aaron. Lajoie is more in the Ott, Rickey Henderson, Schmidt, Frank Robinson, Foxx club.
Both clubs are elite, the upper club is the absolute elite of the elite!!!
P.S. this is not a criticism of Lajoie, he is the 2nd greatest 2b of all time. rather it is a celebration of how incredible of a player Hornsby was. One of the top 4 or 5 best hitters to ever play the game.(and one of the ten all around greatest players)