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Originally Posted by frankbmd
Ken Griffey Jr had a substantial decrease in his performance during the second decade of his career.
An All-star 11 of his first 12 years and then only twice in the last ten.
A good match for Pujols IMO to answer one of your questions.
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Griffey is a great example and I am sure there are a lot more.
While not a Hall Of Famer, Dale Murphy was a great hitter and his numbers dropped dramatically and fast.
Baseball referance has a Most Similar by Ages stat and they list Frank Robinson & Hank Aaron as the two comps to Pujols for age 34,35 & 36 season.
And as far as Hall Of Fame goes the only 1st Baseman ranked higher than Albert in WAR is Lou Gehrig. That puts Albert ahead of Jimmie Foxx, Cap Anson, Jeff Bagwell, Johny Mize, Frank Thomas, Willie McCovey, Eddie Murray, Hank Greenberg, Tony Perez & Orlando Cepeda and those guys are all in the Hall.. So yeah, I think it's safe to assume Albert is a Hall Of Famer!