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Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards
Mays averaged 37 HR a year before McCovey showed up. Not saying it didn't have an effect but maybe not quite as big as you think. better case might be with Eddie Matthews and Hank Aaron who overlapped for almost all of the early and prime part of their careers.
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Yes but Mays had slowed down hitting them for five years straight (before McCovey got there and started to become established). Had 163 homers from 1956 to 1960. Then he hit 226 from '61 to '65.
So while my numbers before may have been exaggerated a little, I doubt it's by much!
I never thought about the Mathews example that much. Poor guy is just forgotten sometimes. And he sure shouldn't be