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Originally Posted by chadeast
He was a very good hitter and a very rangy and graceful fielder, but he almost never walked (low OBP, a.k.a. made lots of outs) and he made a ton of errors, a historical total for 20th century 1B. And there's the obvious issue of how many of those errors were intentional  If you discount his Federal League stats, the case is even weaker.
EDIT: I'd put Frank Chance well above Mr. Chase. |
That's kinda what I meant by saying he didn't care as much as most others. But he was very good for trying half assed. I imagine if he really tried he would've been a legend. And you're right about his errors being suspect.
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