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fhomess · 06-02-2007, 01:02 AM

One of the things I look at when it comes to HOF players is whether or not that player was a guy opponents feared. I always got the impression that Lett was one of those guys. Davis was a good player, but he certainly wasn't a guy that you feared.

FWIW, Lett had talent ratings of 5/8/5/4/6 as an 18 year old 1B at the end of 1945, which is the year the Dodgers took him with the 14th pick of the draft. The following season, Davis was drafted 1st overall, and had talent ratings of 7/7/4/7/6 at the end of that year. Why was he drafted 1st with those ratings? He wasn't. By that point, he'd already taken hits to contact and eye (4/4/46) and power (7/25/46).

06-02-2007, 01:02 AM	#35
fhomess Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,693	One of the things I look at when it comes to HOF players is whether or not that player was a guy opponents feared. I always got the impression that Lett was one of those guys. Davis was a good player, but he certainly wasn't a guy that you feared. FWIW, Lett had talent ratings of 5/8/5/4/6 as an 18 year old 1B at the end of 1945, which is the year the Dodgers took him with the 14th pick of the draft. The following season, Davis was drafted 1st overall, and had talent ratings of 7/7/4/7/6 at the end of that year. Why was he drafted 1st with those ratings? He wasn't. By that point, he'd already taken hits to contact and eye (4/4/46) and power (7/25/46). __________________ StatsLab- PHP/MySQL based utilities for Online Leagues Baseball Cards - Full list of known templates and documentation on card development.