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Old 08-24-2016, 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by bravos4evr View Post
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)
Actually it is his .345 BA compared to .295 for AROD. They both walked about the same rate.
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