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Originally Posted by packs
I don't disagree. He was average at best in his first baseman role. But that was still a third of his career.
Posey did not play a third of his career out of the position and neither did Molina, Piazza or most other catchers.
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Mauer makes it into the HOF as a catcher, and his stats bear that out. What is so hard to understand about that? If anything, his numbers at 1b detract somewhat from his candidacy. He is not getting in as a compiler, he is getting in because of his work during peak performance, as noted by James in his post. He was a catcher during that entire time, again playing nearly as many games at the position as Posey. To say he could not be compared to Posey as a catcher eludes me.
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