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Posted By: Chris Counts

Peter,

I actually like Bill Mazeroski. I've always been partial to slick fielding, clutch players. But there's a great piece in Bill James' Baseball Abstract that gets to the heart of the Mazeroski HOF argument. He goes into great depth comparing Mazeroski and Willie Randolph in virtually every category, then he adjusts the numbers to account for the fact the two played in slightly different eras. I came away convinced Randolph was a significantly better player than Mazeroski. Before I read the article, I never considered Randolph HOF material. I'm not sure if I do now.

And if Randolph is better than Mazeroski, what about Lou Whitaker, who was clearly better than Randolph?