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Originally Posted by RchW
Interestingly Rose is a compiler; a player who hung on for 8 years while below league average. If you take off the compiling years he finishes with 3372 hits. That's why a lot of people don't like numbers like 3000 hits and 300 wins because they often get used without context.
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He was a compiler?
First of all, people don't discount 3000 hits. Second of all, people don't discount the first 3000 hits out of 4000!
At age 40, Rose finished 10th in MVP voting. He had an OPS+ of 118 - clearly above average. At age 41, he made the all-star team with an OPS+ of 90 - still not bad. He only picked up 387 hits after that. You are calling a guy that got 3869 hits a compiler - that's bull. He would still be #2 all-time if he retired in his final all-star year.