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Originally Posted by DTF955
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.)
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Funny you'd mention the Boones. I guess I must have been about 12, and I was playing a board game, All-Time All-Star Baseball. Ray Boone was in the game, and he was on an amazing hot streak. I wasn't familiar with him, except that he was Bob Boone's dad, so I asked my dad about him. Dad had seen Ray play a lot, and he thought Ray was a very underrated player, too.
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Originally Posted by DTF955
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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It wasn't unheard of in the 1930s, either. Ace Parker played two seasons of big league ball before concentrating on football, and he's in the Football Hall of Fame. I'm sure there are some others, too.