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Originally Posted by Tabe
.617
.804
.625
.691
.597
.648
.692
.881 (Carew)
.545
.699
.703
That's the OPS of the other 2B in the AL in 1973. The average OPS was .710. 9 out of 11 were below that, with one guy 165 below that.
His contemporaries sucked.
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That logic is flawed. His contemporaries were facing the same pitching. Othere eras were not. So you can't conclude that because OPS for 2nd basemen was low in his era, that they sucked. It's possible they would have had a much higher OPS in a previous era. You are drawing conclusions based on incorrect logic.
It makes no sense to compare a player to those of a different era. All we can do is compare them to those who were playing at the same time. It's not like the population all of a sudden became worse at 2nd base. There is an ebb and flow to the game, where some eras hitters reign, and some eras pitchers reign. It's still the best in the world playing, just the stats may not translate across eras.
Play mental games all you want to justify why he was better than his contemporaries, but the fact will always remain, he was one of the top at his position when he played. That can't be disputed. And that's what matters.