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Originally Posted by Zone91
Mays played a lot more games than Mantle...but if Mantle had been healthy he would have most likely finished with similar stats than Mays.
Popularity wise Mantle by a 100 miles easy!!! Ask kids of today who Mantle is they mostly all know can't say the same for Mays.
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To paraphrase Bill James" someone is not a great player because he could have been a great player." Mantle would have had better stats if he had been healthy. But he wasn't, and he didn't. And in the end that's all that matters.