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Old 03-02-2023, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by oldjudge View Post
It's more than batting average, DiMaggio also dominated in RBI's and runs scored, two pretty important categories. DiMaggio lost three years in his prime because of the war and was not the same player when he returned that he was when he left. Although it is a moot point since they are close on HRs, I think HRs is a very overrated stat. A batters job is to create runs either by driving them in or scoring them. How he accomplishes this is secondary to how well he does this. DiMaggio was superior in both RBIs and runs scored.

As for their off field personalities after they retired neither was close to being a model citizen.
Do you think Joe D was better at scoring and driving in runs, or do you think he just had more opportunities?

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