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Old 07-06-2021, 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by timn1 View Post
I agree Tommy John should be in the conversation for the nearly 300 wins, but for the surgery????? Did he do the surgery on himself?


And Steve Garvey? Really? Retrosheet.org has him -6.1 in BFW (Batter/Fielder Wins) - admittedly it's a harsher measure than WAR, but even Baines is +13.7 by that same measure. Trout is +54.3 in half a career.
There has been a push to induct Dr. Frank Jobe, who developed and performed that surgery.
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