Originally Posted by seven
gehrig, the guy who would've been a lock for 600 home runs and 3000 hits, if he didn't contract als was not just "slightly better" than foxx.
To quote joe posnaski
"but gehrig’s ops of 1.080 is third all-time, behind only ruth and williams. He hit .340/.447/.632, walked about twice as much as he struck out and led the league at different times in doubles, triples and home runs. His 185 rbis in 1931 is an american league record, and his 167 runs scored in 1936 is second only to ruth’s 1921 season, a number even more incredible when you realize ruth wasn’t on that 1936 team.
At one point or another, gehrig led the league in just about everything: Runs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, rbis, walks, batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and total bases."
he walked more than foxx, he struck out less than foxx, he eclipses foxx in every statistical category other than home runs, despite playing 150 games less than him. His weighted runs created +, the statistic that is era and park adjusted, ranks him as the third greatest offensive force in all of baseball history behind ruth and williams.
Not to mention the consecutive games streak, or the fact that he was a 7 time world champion.
The entire market was inflated. Not just lou.
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