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Posted By: howard

Jay, were you serious in comparing McGwire to Kingman? Big Mac's slugging % and OBP were both about 100 points higher than Kingmans. Even taking into account the different eras that is a huge difference. I would say that Harmon Killebrew is much more comparable to McGwire.

Identify7, you rightfully take into account the era in which Cravath played but you should do the same when comparing Mantle to Foxx. Don't you think that if Mantle had played in the late 20's and the 30's that his #'s would be significantly better. Also, Cravath played in the Baker Bowl, maybe the best hitters park ever. I would guess that his home/road splits are something like Larry Walkers or Todd Heltons.

Howard