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Originally Posted by G1911
Rico Brogna never once had an OPS+ that was even league when he was a Phillie. What year was Brogna approaching Rolen?
OPS+ for every year they played on the Phillies:
1997:
Rolen: 121 (ROY winner)
Brogna: 88
1998:
Rolen: 139
Brogna: 97
1999:
Rolen: 120
Brogna: 95
2000:
Rolen: 129
Brogna: 69 (Dumped part way into the year because he sucked)
Career WAR
Mike Schmidt: 106.8
Scott Rolen: 70.1
George Kell: 37.6
Rico Brogna: -1.1
I'm not sure that I could make up a hotter take than the absurdities people are posting in this thread. The disconnect between narrative and the numbers is just astonishing for some of these. These are dry jokes, right? We're not just completely making crap up, right?
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I don't think Mike Lieberthal was ever that close to Rolen either except maybe in 1999. Bobby Abreu had a number of years when he was as good or better than Rolen on the Phillies, but he's a borderline HoFer as well so that's not too surprising.