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Originally Posted by Jpotapoff
I think I would go with Honus. As great of a person Clemente was he wasn't the dominate player during his time that Honus was. Honus is also arguably the best player ever at his position while there are a lot of other Outfielders that are ahead of Clemente.
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Honus did not die in his prime while on a humanitarian mission and with exactly 3,000 hits. Like Elvis, the circumstances of Clemente's untimely death just add to his mythical aura.