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Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards
He followed his brother Roy (no slouch either) into baseball late, likely accounting for his older major league debut. I always thought, as a complete ballplayer on mostly atrocious teams he gets overlooked. Put him on the Yankees, or even a good team from the era like the Tigers, Red Sox or Indians and I think he might already be in.
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I absolutely agree. Can you imagine what his runs scored and RBI would look like with better hitters before and after him in the lineup? I mean, the guy led the American League in OPS as a 38 year old with Bobby Doerr and not much else around him in the Red Sox lineup.
His 1936-1942 Philadelphia A's teams were absolutely abysmal. They were at 53-55 wins per year in all but one, where they managed 64. Over that seven year period he averaged 97 runs scored, 107 RBI, 62 extra base hits, batting average of .298 and an OPS+ of 138. As basically the only guy in the lineup who could do damage.
I think the guy needs a second look from the committee and I will be reaching out to the committee members to request just that.