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Originally Posted by vintagewhitesox
So proud of Harold. Richly deserved.
I do find it funny how some people are shocked/outraged that he made it.
More hits than Jeter, more RBI than Schmidt, Mantle, Speaker, Hornsby, Dimaggio, Matthews, Rice.
Consistent hitter, quiet, just did his job. The anti-White Sox bias is strong still in the national media.
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That really isn't a good argument. Omar Vizquel had more hits than Gehrig. So what?
Sad Sam Jones and Jerry Reuss had more wins than Pedro.
Could do that sort of comparison forever.
The JAWS metric tries to give equal weight to career stats and peak period, and again, Baines is the 74th best RFer by that metric.