[Archive]

Posted By: Chris Counts

I do appreciate the support for Ken Boyer. I believe he was as good a player as Santo. He hurt his back bad just a year after his '64 MVP, which curtailed his career by a few years. I'm not sure his ballpark was a hitter-friendly as Wrigley Field, but he didn't play his peak years in the late 60s, when batting averages reached their lowest pre-WWI point. Ken Boyer, like Ron Santo, is a highly underappreciated player. And they both play third base, arguably the hardest to fill position ...