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Originally Posted by ihatenames
I think even as a first baseman he was a shoe in during that era. There were few better than he was based on the standards of the day. During his peak form 1955-1960 he actually hit more homeruns than eithe Mays or Aaron. I think he was 7th or 8th all-time on the homeruns list when he retired. And I’d it wasn’t for Arod he would still hold the all-time record for homeruns during a season by a shortstop. Impressive considering only a handful of other guys were hitting even hit double divers as a shortstop during his time. He also had two seasons over 9 War as a shortstop which is also impressive.
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Oh for sure, in 1971, he was tied for 8th all time with Mathews at 512 home runs, 3 behind Killebrew and 9 behind Williams, 1 ahead of Ott.
But, he was also the lowest wRC+ at that point in the 500 home run club by about 25 points. Fwiw.