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Originally Posted by jchcollins
This is neither here nor there at this point given the conversation, but it's always been surprising to me that Bill Freehan hasn't been on one of these Eras or VC votes.
He only had one shot at the writer's ballot, but got a ridiculously low %-age and was dropped from the list in the 1980's.
Greatest AL defensive catcher of the 1960's and early 70's; 11x AS, 5 GG's. Doesn't have Bench or Fisk power numbers obviously, that may be the main drawback. But this guy seems to not even be on the radar anywhere anymore.
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Totally agree. Defense is underrated, especially as time passes and people forget. Defensive stats just don't resonate the same way as offensive stats.