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Maybe this is common knowledge, but I didn't know about it (from David Schoenfield):
What is true, however, is that Mays and Aaron nearly played together. The New York Giants, who already had Mays, were also scouting Aaron, but the Braves reportedly offered $50 more a month, so Aaron signed with them. Think about that on Aaron's 80th birthday.
― clemenza, Saturday, 8 February 2014 22:05 (ten years ago) link
If you had a lineup with Mays, Aaron and McCovey...yikes.
Guy that was really good that I think is forgotten is Eddie Mathews, that guy was a thumping hitter for a 3b. That guy could work a count, he drew a ton of walks. Mathews and Hank Aaron was a pretty fearsome middle of the lineup, really up there with Ruth and Gerhig and the really great ones.
― earlnash, Sunday, 9 February 2014 19:27 (ten years ago) link
A victim of the Atlanta Icepocalypse -- slipped and fell, had hip surgery last night. I hope he bounces back fully -- any kind of fall and surgical repair is hard rehabbing for an 80-year-old.
― lewd, pulsating rhythm 4 lyfe (WilliamC), Saturday, 15 February 2014 22:28 (ten years ago) link
one year passes...
three years pass...
sometimes i look at his stats and just boggle, i mean he never had a singular all-time season like a lot of absolute inner-circle HOFers, he just was so consistent for two decades without a decline and he was good at *everything*. Well, maybe not an all-time defender but that type of thing from that era might be tough to pin down.
― omar little, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 19:37 (five years ago) link
one year passes...
(xpost) Most of them--killed Koufax--but looks like Gibson and Seaver held him in check (and Sutton and Jenkins didn't fare too badly).
― clemenza, Friday, 22 January 2021 20:11 (three years ago) link
There's a reader's thread on the Bill James site where they've been cutting some of Aaron's career totals in half to see which players turn up.
Cut his bWAR in half and you roughly get Derek Jeter, Reggie Jackson, Frank Thomas, and Tony Gwynn.
"Players with between 350 and 410 home runs (roughly half of Aaron's 755), plus a batting average over .280, include Duke Snider, Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, and Hank Greenberg."
I'll add a couple myself.
Half his Total Bases: Kirby Puckett, Alan Trammell, Gil Hodges.
Half his RBI: Bill Dickey, Chuck Klein, Jim Edmonds, Will Clark.
― clemenza, Thursday, 4 February 2021 13:59 (three years ago) link