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Originally Posted by rats60
I think there are some guys like Mattingly and Dale Murphy who can get in now that the Veteran's Committee is putting in the likes of Baines, Lee Smith and Morris. I just think that the Maris and Belle career numbers fall short. Longevity does matter and that is the only reason those 3 made it.
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Belle .933 OPS to .815 for Murphy and almost as many HR. .830 for Mattingly.
I would not even think about considering Maris who at most had 4 top years, and really only 2.
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