While looking up the career of Frank Robinson after his recent passing, I had to look at Hank Aaron again, who started his career just 2 years before Robinson and retired in the same year. As weird as it is to say, Aaron is one of the most underrated players in recent memory. He was truly an incredible player. He gets lost in the golden age of baseball just a bit because of the fame and flashiness of his contemporaries. Let's refresh:
Aaron hit 40+ homers an amazing 8 times, and 30+ a ridiculous 15 times. He hit over .300 14 times and had an OPS over .900 17 times. He led the league in a meaningful offensive category 34 times. At the age of 39, pre-steroids, he hit 40 homers in 120 games. He hit 755 completely legit homers, had over 3,700 hits, and almost 2,300 RBI. And his career WAR is 2nd among right-fielders, behind only the Babe. What a player he was.
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Thursday, March 7, 2019
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