Mantle cards

Archive · #11 05-19-2008, 02:07 PM

Posted By: howard

Gilbert, that is a very superficial analysis of Mantle's career.

"One of these guys is a .300+ hitter, and the other was not. Guess which is which" The rate at which one makes outs is more accurately measured by on base percentage. Of Mantle and Mays one had a career OBP of .421 and the other .384. Guess which is which.

Mantle hit .257 in the post season. True but he also OBP'd .374 and slugged .535. Mays' numbers were .247/.323/.337. Somehow you left that out.

Mays was fun to watch in all star games but the stats are irrelevant as they were compiled in exhibitions.

Duke was a great player and is probably underrated but both Mays and Mantle beat him in the major career stats.

Mays may well have been better than Mantle but to suggest that to believe Mantle was in Mays' league "stretches the imagination" or that Yankee fans can't be objective about Mantle is false.

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