Clemente: Inner circle of the elite, or on his way?

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Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

I beg to differ on Jackie. He had a 10 year career that only started when he was 28. In 10 years he put up a 61 WAR. Even with the late start he put up the 15th greatest 5 Year WAR in history 42.2. For traditionalists he won ROY and MVP a Batting Title had a career OBP over .400 and put up an .883 OPS career at Second Base. His MLB career basically started at the end of his prime. I think he should be recognized as tier one. For my money he's the second greatest 2b of all time. That's pretty first tier to me.

From age 28 to 37, Roberto Clemente put up 69 WAR, 8 more than Jackie.