Let's Celebrate Mr. Hank Aaron Here

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.362/.431/.647 against Koufax is boggling.

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 22 January 2021 21:17 (three years ago) link

Bob Gibson and Sandy Koufax on Hank Aaron.

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— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) January 22, 2021

mookieproof, Friday, 22 January 2021 21:58 (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


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