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Originally Posted by cgjackson222
Packs, check out their WAR7:
Hernandez 41.2
Mattingly 35.8
Most people would agree that 4 good years is not enough to make it to the Hall of Fame.
Mattingly was a better hitter in in '85 and '86 than Keith ever was. But Keith had a longer career and was more consistent.
Their career WARs aren't even close.
There are very few people that consider Mattingly to be the best fielding first basement ever, but there are many that believe Hernandez was. And the stats support this. Check out some tape of Hernandez. He was absurd.
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It has been explained that Hernandez has a WAR out of whack with his performance. Whereas he has been rewarded for his defense, Mattingly has for some reason been punished, even though they have the same exact profile at first base. Nobody who played with Mattingly had anything different to say about his glove. He was all world as well but for whatever reason WAR doesn't reward him.
Even with his healthy career and longevity, Hernandez's counting stats are either below or only barely above Mattingly. Mattingly has more home runs, more RBIs, a higher career average, and a higher career OPS.
Hernandez has 29 more hits in 3 additional seasons and scored 117 more runs.
You said Mattingly had a four year peak. How did he eclipse Hernandez so much if Hernandez had this great HOF career?