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Posted By: Anson

I agree, power is even more overrated now than it's ever been. The fact that McGwire was even mentioned in this thread made me choke on my coffee. Forget whether he was juiced or not, the guy was a one-trick pony.

Many of the players from the tail end of the deadball era didn't have the opportunity to hit gobs of home runs. It's hard to compare eras but you have to take the rule changes and development of the game into the equation. I have a hard time NOT putting any post WWII guys on the list, as it just plain doesn't make sense. I'm sure ARod, Vladi Guerrero, or Manny Ramirez would have been quite successful in the Prewar era. The dynamics of the game have changed and most of which favor the pitchers.