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11-20-2024, 08:26 PM

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Chris

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Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

His contemporaries were "terrible" because you are comparing them to other players from other eras, who weren't playing in the same era against the same pitchers, etc... It becomes circular logic. All you can do is recognize that his contemporaries were the best in the world at the time. So it's not racing babies. It's the best on earth, and he was near the top of the best.

.617
.804
.625
.691
.597
.648
.692
.881 (Carew)
.545
.699
.703

That's the OPS of the other 2B in the AL in 1973. The average OPS was .710. 9 out of 11 were below that, with one guy 165 below that.

His contemporaries sucked.

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