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Old 12-09-2014, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth View Post
For what it's worth.

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Similarity is sometimes useful, sometimes not. Dick Allen was a dominant force in his era, leading the league in OPS four times and finishing with a career OPS+ of 156. Listing his "similar" guys doesn't really show how truly dominant he was during his career.
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