It was really about when/how I learned about these guys. As a kid, WAY pre-internet, I knew about the top-shelf immortals like Ruth, Gehrig, Cobb, Young, etc.--basically the guys who would get chapters in 1970s-era kids' books like "Baseball's Greatest Players" or the guys in the 1976 Topps All-time All-star subset.
Once I got my hands on the Baseball Encyclopedia, these two guys I'd never heard of jumped out at me. Both played largely in Philly around the same time, both had almost exactly 300 HRs (which was a LOT when I was a kid), and both hit for very high average--.320 and .334.
But yes, as I type this, I am cognizant of your (very correct) "Klein is overrated" post from a year ago...taking away ballpark effects, I gather these two guys begin to look very different.
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