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Originally Posted by Harliduck
I'm a huge Tony Oliva fan...still can't believe he isn't in.
Tony Oliva
Gil Hodges
Tommy John
Honorable Mention - Thurman Munson, Dale Murphy
All mentioned earlier, so sorry for the boring post...lol
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I'm a HUGE Oliva guy. My friends won't open emails from me any more with Oliva in the subject line because they know I'm on the same broken record. Up until 71 when he hurt his knee, he was at the top of the AL in hitting and really all of MLB.
He won batting titles in his first two full seasons, won a 3rd, barely missed a 4th, all in his first 8 seasons. And he was a gold glove winner.
I always think he was hurt by having Carew in the early 70s, and in 65 Versalles winning the MVP, taking some of the attention away from him