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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
By that measure Musial was .170 or thereabouts. I guess he was overrated too? And how great were the hitters ahead of him? Rizzuto? Coleman? McDougald? Richardson? Carey? Kubek? etc. A great overall team yes, but not exactly the Big Red Machine setting the table.
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I was going to respond w/a similar post. I would add Billy Martin, Ruben Amaro and Horace Clarke to the "illustrious" list of hitters that set the table for Mantle. It's a wonder that he had as many 100 RBI seasons as he did. Furthermore during the course of his career Mantle himself occasionally batted first or second which further cut into his RBI totals.