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Originally Posted by bravos4evr
RBI's is a terrible way to judge individual production as it is contingent on the actions of his teammates to get on base.
IMO, there are people with less production in, but they shouldn't have been inducted either (Jim Rice, Goose Goslin, Monte irvin)
But, I am a small hall person, others want more in, I can see the argument (and Magee is as worthy as Jim Rice IMO)
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Magee did it four times though and I'll take him over Rice. Irvin is also in because of the Negro Leagues and I find Goslin a solid choice.
Going back to those RBI seasons, he batted .328 in 1907, .331 in 1910 (If the Chalmers Award existed, he probably would've won this year), hit .314 in 1914 and .298 in 1918. He's in the Hall of Stats and was consistently excellent in his time.
Also, in those seasons
1907 - OPS+ 169
1910 - 174
1914 - 158
1918 - 140
His career OPS+ is 137. This is no accident or mistake. The man belongs.