I’d pick Kaline, by just a hair though. They are very close by any honest assessment.
Clemente was great, and greatly overrated. The emotional narrative is strong, and he fits into a contemporary narrative, as a victim of his times and a great humanitarian with a heroic death. It doesn’t change actual performance, where one may reasonably come down on either side.
What really surprised me is that their slugging is only .005 apart.
|