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Can you name these two players? (career stats listed)

RookieWaxRookieWax Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭
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G PA AB R H HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB

2322 10074 8199 1494 2468 521 1704 32 1667 1397 0.301 0.419 0.555 0.974 4550

2401 9909 8102 1676 2415 536 1509 153 1733 1710 0.298 0.421 0.557 0.977 4511


Career stats are almost identical. One player is black and one is white....and one is the most loved in the hobby.

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  • otwcardsotwcards Posts: 5,291 ✭✭✭
    Looks like Frank Thomas and Mickey Mantle...

    The difference is that Mantle hit his 536 at a time when only 3 others had hit more (Ruth, Mays and Aaron) and he played for the Yankees. Thomas has been one of the few recent 500 HR Club additions not to be named in any PED discussions...
  • kimo75kimo75 Posts: 263 ✭✭
    Willie Mccovey on top and Mantle on bottom...didnt need to look it up
  • BrickBrick Posts: 5,001 ✭✭✭✭✭
    McCoveys numbers look just a little better. Explains why he has a Cove named after him and Mantle doesn,t.
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  • lostdart58lostdart58 Posts: 2,938 ✭✭✭
    Willie McCovey was not a .301 career hitter.
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  • jimradjimrad Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭
    Scott got them right - Mantle - Thomas
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  • greencrowgreencrow Posts: 867
    Frank Thomas and Jeff Bagwell born on the same day. One black one white. Which one gets more love in the hobby?
  • fkwfkw Posts: 1,766 ✭✭
    Mickey Mantle is the most overrated player in Baseball History! Period!
    ....so whats the point??? image
    you can easily compare even many nonHOFers to his stats and have have them win, ie Manny R has 3X+ more 100+ RBI seasons than MM, Kent has 2X more 100+ RBI seasons. etc., The slowest player in the history of the game Bengi Molina averaged more doubles per season that lazy old Mantle who failed to take the extra base.... (dont give me " he was injured" sob story, he can play center field he can run out a shot down the line or a gapper IMO)

    Frank Thomas#2 (the original Frank Thomas played in the 50s-60s image ) has numbers but I group him in with a dozen other players of his Era, he didnt stand out for me, he is a HOFer, but a run of the mill Famer in my eyes, nothing special...
  • RookieWaxRookieWax Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭
    You are going to compare Mickey Mantle and Frank Thomas and their career accomplishments with Benji Molina and repeated drug test failing Manny Ramirez? Come on now! Mantle might be over-rated as the guy getting the most love in the hobby, but he is certainly in the top 15 or 20 best hitters of all-time....and Frank Thomas with his career stats above shouldn't be too far behind. THAT is my point.

    edited to add: I am talking about the Frank Thomas who played for the White Sox...and he will be a first ballot HOFer three years from now.
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