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Originally Posted by rats60
Gehrig .340/.447/.632 OPS+ 179
Foxx . 325/.428/.609 OPS+ 160
For those that like WAR
Gehrig 114.1 in 17 seasons with only 14 full seasons Those 14 full seasons Gehrig had 113.8 WAR or 8.12 WAR per season.
Foxx 93.9 in 20 seasons. Foxx's best 14 seasons averaged 6.7 WAR.
Gehrig was also a monster in the postseason with 6 WS wins in 7 tries hitting . 361/.483/.731.
It really isn't close. Collectors want to collect the best. For prewar it is Wagner, Cobb, Ruth and Gehrig. Tier 2 players are going to trail behind badly.
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No one was arguing that Foxx was better than Gehrig. I think we all agree that Gehrig was clearly better, and the best 1B of all time. The question was which one of them was more underrated.
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