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Originally Posted by 39special
He averaged 159 hits,21 HRs,84 RBI,82 runs scored,.276 avg for his career over 20 years.Also the streak was incredible,but there were games he should
have not played due to bad slumps.I think toward the end of his streak,he was thinking more of himself,then his team.I think he should be in the HOF,but I think he is overrated.JMO.
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In Cal's defense, those numbers are only behind Banks for a modern day player who played most of their career as a shortstop and the Orioles were so bad for most of the end of his career, they didn't have any options better than even a subpar Ripken.
The streak also helped bring baseball back after the strike and in retrospect the McGwire-Sosa home run race that also helped bring baseball back was really just a hoax... not sure how that last part defends Cal though.