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Good points about his being a pitcher not bringing direct comparisons. Another very good player to have an even better son, though neither is quite Hall worth, is Gus and Buddy Bell. Buddy was one of the most unmderrated players of his time, becuase he played for lousy teams most of the time. And, Gus was a pretty good slugger for the Reds for a while. (I don't know a while lot about him, so maybe they were like equals.)
Not sure about Ray Boone's career, but Bob's one of the best defensive chatrchers ever, and if not for woeful batting he'd be in. (Could even go in w/the Veterans' Committee if it gets revamped. He's as good as Schalk was, I think.)
I wonder if we'd see the chance of a two sport star, a Bo Jackson 50 years early. :-) Maybe a little early for that, though.
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