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Originally Posted by wagnerj03
Compare Alan Trammell to Dale Murphy and convince me that Murphy doesn't belong and Trammell does. Trammell never led in any major hitting category for a single season. Not one category. No MVP's, fewer All-Star appearances, fewer Gold Gloves and fewer Silver Sluggers. Just not sure how certain guys get in vs others.
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A SS with good defense and a RF with good defense (the modern stats don't like Murphy's defense so much) are not evaluated as even at the plate, either traditionally or via the new stats. There is no odd standard here, Trammell squeaked in as a low end HOF SS, Murphy is outside in the Hall of Very Good among RF's. A RF with a 121 OPS+ vs. a SS with a 110 OPS+ is going to result in the SS being rated higher 99 times out of 100. We would have like 3 SS's in the hall and 100 1B otherwise.