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Originally Posted by the 'stache
The Baseball Writers put Sandy Koufax in for five great years. Well, look at Don Mattingly's production 1984-1988:
152 games, 100 runs, 206 hits, 44 doubles, 27 home runs, 114 RBI, .332 AVG
Get rid of 1988, and look at 1984-1987, and his four year averages are mind boggling for the era:
154 games, 102 runs, 210 hits, 46 doubles, 30 home runs, 121 RBI, .337 AVG, .941 OPS .
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George Foster 1976-1980
145 games, 91 runs, 163 hits, 23 doubles, 35 home runs, 116 RBI, .297AVG
George Foster 1976-1979
145 games, 94 runs, 168 hits, 24 doubles, 38 home runs, 122 RBI, .303 AVG, .941 OPS.
I don't see Mattingly being better or mind boggling.
OPS+ is a nice measure that crosses era's although they played in similar times.
Foster became a full time player in 1975 and Mattingly in 1984.
Here is how their OPS+ compared
Foster. Mattingly
76 84. 139 156
76 85. 150 156
77 86. 165 161
78 87. 151 146
79 88. 155 128
80 89. 131 133
81 90. 150 81
82 91. 90 103
83 92. 95 108
84 93. 111 120
85 94. 121 113
Say Mattingly is a HoF all you want, but promote Foster just as much because their argument is the same.