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Originally Posted by EvilKing00
Ok just one more example:
Tris speaker better than A Rod?
Speaker - 10,195 ab, 117 hr, 1531 rbi, 345 ba, 428 obp, 500 slg
A rod - 10,556 ab, 696 hr, 2086 rbi, 295 ba, 380 obp, 550 slg
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Yes, Speaker was "better" than A-rod!
Speaker wRC+ career= 157, fWAR 130.6
Arod wRC+ career= 141 fWAR 113.0
It's not some huge margin, they both played around 20 years so it's less than a win a season avg, but Speaker was the better hitter. (his .428 career OBP being the difference)