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Baseball Greats Who Were Paid Like Bench Warmers
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md11flyer May 22 2010, 12:58 PM Post #1
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Interesting short article on baseball salaries, past and present.
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timpickett22 May 22 2010, 05:11 PM Post #2
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4 of the top 5 highest paid salaries are Yankees. Who'd a thunk it.
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4 of the top 5 highest paid salaries are Yankees. Who'd a thunk it.
The real question is are 4 of the top 5 players Yankees?

No.

So who cares how much the Yankees overpay players? Waste of money by the Yankees turns into luxury tax income for every other team in the league.
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And actually, that's not even true anymore since Ryan Howard just signed for $25 mil/year. Pujols will resign this year for close the $30. Prince Fielder has a contract coming up as well.
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the brewers need to put fielder's money into pitching. they've got enough decent offensive threats...but they've got about 1 1/2 arms on the entire roster.
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And actually, that's not even true anymore since Ryan Howard just signed for $25 mil/year. Pujols will resign this year for close the $30. Prince Fielder has a contract coming up as well.
Pujols is actually worth double that value in my mind.


I'm going to go out on a limb (at 5:03 AM after a drunken night of sex and other things with my new shaved stache and mutton chops :) ) and say that Pujols is THEE best hitter of all time.

I'd put him over Ted Williams now... and here's why:


Pitchers now > Pitchers then (Much stronger now... higher velocity... bigger, taller)
Compare intentional walks to Williams and Pujols and it's NOT even close.
(I'm pretty sure Pujols has been walked more often than Barry Bonds was back in his Barroid days)
He's won NL MVP 3 times
He's been an all-star for 8 years
Career batting average over .330
10 career grand slams in STL broke Stan Musial's record of 9

Need I say more?
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I might agree with you about Pujols, but the issue is comparing him to Babe Ruth, not Ted Williams. The problem with comparing anyone to Ruth is that what he did in comparison to the players during the same time period is simply unprecedented. It's a discussion you could argue on both sides and win either way.
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A pretty valid argument could be made that Jimmie Foxx had accomplished more than Albert Pujols when they were the same age.
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Here's how similar Foxx's and Pujols numbers are through their age 29 years:

Pujols:
5146 at bats, 1071 runs, 1717 hits, 387 doubles, 14 triples, 366 home runs, 1112 rbis, 811 bbs, 570 strikeouts, .334/.427/.628, 172 OPS+.

Foxx:
5551 at bats, 1216 runs, 1852 hits, 313 doubles, 93 triples, 379 home runs, 1345 rbis, 985 bbs, 859 strikeouts, .334/.435/.628, 167 OPS+.

Unfortunately, Foxx fizzled out and was done by 34.
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Here's how similar Foxx's and Pujols numbers are through their age 29 years:

Pujols:
5146 at bats, 1071 runs, 1717 hits, 387 doubles, 14 triples, 366 home runs, 1112 rbis, 811 bbs, 570 strikeouts, .334/.427/.628, 172 OPS+.

Foxx:
5551 at bats, 1216 runs, 1852 hits, 313 doubles, 93 triples, 379 home runs, 1345 rbis, 985 bbs, 859 strikeouts, .334/.435/.628, 167 OPS+.

Unfortunately, Foxx fizzled out and was done by 34.
So add about 500 more at bats for Pujols then that would be even..
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Here's how similar Foxx's and Pujols numbers are through their age 29 years:

Pujols:
5146 at bats, 1071 runs, 1717 hits, 387 doubles, 14 triples, 366 home runs, 1112 rbis, 811 bbs, 570 strikeouts, .334/.427/.628, 172 OPS+.

Foxx:
5551 at bats, 1216 runs, 1852 hits, 313 doubles, 93 triples, 379 home runs, 1345 rbis, 985 bbs, 859 strikeouts, .334/.435/.628, 167 OPS+.

Unfortunately, Foxx fizzled out and was done by 34.
So add about 500 more at bats for Pujols then that would be even..
They are incredibly even.

Pujols numbers prorated to the same number of at bats as Foxx.

runs: 1156, hits 1853, doubles 418, triples 15, home runs 395, rbi 1200, walks, 875, strikeouts 615.

Foxx:

1216 runs, 1852 hits, 313 doubles, 93 triples, 379 home runs, 1345 rbis, 985 bbs, 859 strikeouts.
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Here's how similar Foxx's and Pujols numbers are through their age 29 years:

Pujols:
5146 at bats, 1071 runs, 1717 hits, 387 doubles, 14 triples, 366 home runs, 1112 rbis, 811 bbs, 570 strikeouts, .334/.427/.628, 172 OPS+.

Foxx:
5551 at bats, 1216 runs, 1852 hits, 313 doubles, 93 triples, 379 home runs, 1345 rbis, 985 bbs, 859 strikeouts, .334/.435/.628, 167 OPS+.

Unfortunately, Foxx fizzled out and was done by 34.
So add about 500 more at bats for Pujols then that would be even..
They are incredibly even.

Pujols numbers prorated to the same number of at bats as Foxx.

runs: 1156, hits 1853, doubles 418, triples 15, home runs 395, rbi 1200, walks, 875, strikeouts 615.

Foxx:

1216 runs, 1852 hits, 313 doubles, 93 triples, 379 home runs, 1345 rbis, 985 bbs, 859 strikeouts.
Holy shit man, 93 triples?!?

And notice the strike outs : Pujols with 570, Foxx with 859
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I bet Eric Byrnes is cackling right now from the beer league softball team he's on.

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