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GeoPoto · #1 01-23-2020, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by packs

I think the only pre-war player really on the outside looking in is Harry Stovey. Can't think of any good reasons why he wouldn't be in except some bias against the AA, which someone in 2020 could not realistically have.

Career OBP of .361 and OPS+ of 144 are excellent. 509 SB in 9 seasons. His 12 year-peak numbers are good enough. But that is really all he played. The volume might not be enough.

packs · #2 01-23-2020, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoPoto

Career OBP of .361 and OPS+ of 144 are excellent. 509 SB in 9 seasons. His 12 year-peak numbers are good enough. But that is really all he played. The volume might not be enough.

Stats are only part of the story. He played the game like no one else around him. Power, speed, the way he ran the bases. Stovey was the prototype of the five tool player before it existed.

CurtisFlood · #3 01-23-2020, 05:43 PM

Walker was a great baserunner, fielder, had a rocket for an arm, and his offense speaks for itself.

I never really appreciated him till he moved to St. Louis late in his career. Watching him every day made me wish they had picked him up in 1991.

CurtisFlood · #4 01-23-2020, 05:43 PM

Walker was a great baserunner, fielder, had a rocket for an arm, and his offense speaks for itself.

I never really appreciated him till he moved to St. Louis late in his career. Watching him every day made me wish they had picked him up in 1991.

CMIZ5290 · #5 01-23-2020, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by CurtisFlood

Walker was a great baserunner, fielder, had a rocket for an arm, and his offense speaks for itself.

I never really appreciated him till he moved to St. Louis late in his career. Watching him every day made me wish they had picked him up in 1991.

Larry Walker vs. Dale Murphy?? Really??

PowderedH2O · #6 01-24-2020, 10:16 AM

I liked Murphy a lot, but Walker was better and played at a high level for longer than Murphy. There are dozens of HOFers that don't measure up to Larry Walker. Now, Murphy vs guys like Baines, Lindstrom, etc... well, that I don't get.Compared to those guys Murphy is Babe Ruth. Heck, Bob Johnson should be in the HOF twice before Fred Lindstrom.