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Originally Posted by Chris Counts
Who else is a better player than Larkin? Luke Appling? Arky Vaughan? Joe Cronin? All three were great shortstops and worthy of being in the Hall of Fame, but none is better than Larkin.
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I think that statement is very debatable.
Luke Appling had a 310 career BA, over 2700 hits and over 1300 BB and a career OBP of 399. I don't know how Larkin is better than Appling.
Arky Vaughan had a 318 career avg and an OBP of 406. If you look at his individual seasons, he had better ones than Larkin did.
Joe Cronin had a lifetime BA of 301 and had over 1400 RBI and over 500 doubles.
Sure you can argue Larkin is better, but I can certainly argue against that.