Who's Better, Willie McCovey or Harmon Killebrew?

[Nosferatu]

Willie Horton has a statue at Comerica. They give them out like candy now a days.

Think that might have anything to do he was born and grew up in Detroit then spent his entire prime playing for the Tigers? He really wasn't that great of a player.

 

[Nosferatu]

Nvm Killebrew was just better, everything he did was better, all the time

Sorry, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, please accept my sincere apology...

 

[Nosferatu]

Lonzo Ball might get a fucking statue. I could have a fucking statue for these mocks for fucks sake

Yeah, i've already said I was wrong, can we all just hold hands and sing religious hymns now???

 

[Win TWINS!!!]

I don't recall seeing "Killebrew Cove" the last time I was in Minnesota...

Just sayin'.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Sorry, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, please accept my sincere apology...

No, I’m serious. I didn’t even look at Killebrew’s numbers honestly. I thought he was just a power hitter. He actually was great at drawing walks. This thread actually opened up my eyes but I still won’t take him in a Salary Cap draft lolllz @Nosferatu

 

[obxyankeefan]

Think that might have anything to do he was born and grew up in Detroit then spent his entire prime playing for the Tigers? He really wasn't that great of a player.

The 67 riots have a lot to do with it also. What he did for the city can not be forgotten, but it is still fun to use his statue to poke fun at others.

 

[femurov]

And how do I ALWAYS do that? Conversations involve two or more people talking back and forth... Do you really think I have been disrespectful in my conversations with people?

No... but you get very defensive about it and it makes me laugh.

 

[obxyankeefan]

 

[obxyankeefan]

BTW Bernie Williams was better then Kirby Puckett

 

[femurov]

In all seriousness, most of the time, these "Which player is better..." threads are nothing more than an exercise in splitting hairs. I'm pretty sure McCovey is taken earlier in most of our MLB drafts. But that is simply because he hit left handed and southpaws tend to go a bit higher here.

 

[Nosferatu]

No, I’m serious. I didn’t even look at Killebrew’s numbers honestly. I thought he was just a power hitter. He actually was great at drawing walks. This thread actually opened up my eyes but I still won’t take him in a Salary Cap draft lolllz @Nosferatu

What's kinda funny is I have take McCovey more than I have Killebrew.

 

[Shanemansj13]

What's kinda funny is I have take McCovey more than I have Killebrew.

I think that goes along with what Femur said. Hard to find a LH power hitter and of course in salary cap drafts nobody is paying that high price for Killer

 

[Nosferatu]

Matter of fact I just had McCovey in our last draft and Shane said my team sucked ass cuz I had him!

 

[Voltaire26]

I was ready to say McCovey, but then I read the posts and looked at the stats ... I am lmpressed the stats are pretty equal and the character of each person is outstanding.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Matter of fact I just had McCovey in our last draft and Shane said my team sucked ass cuz I had him!

Well you had him at cleanup but that wasn’t the problem in your lineup, it was everyone else lolllz

 

[Shanemansj13]

What about Stargell or Mccovey??

 

[Nosferatu]

Well you had him at cleanup but that wasn’t the problem in your lineup, it was everyone else lolllz

I hate you

 

[blstoker]

Killebrew.

I know they both played 22 years, and their career numbers are surprisingly similar - but Killebrew played just 113 games his first 5 seasons. Killebrew's numbers from 1959-1972 are completely unreal for the time-frame, averaging 38 HRs and 102 RBI over that span. McCovey had a span of 8 years where he hit 36 HRs and 99 RBI from 1963-1970 - but as can be seen, not only are the numbers lower, but the length of time is much shorter.

Camparisons----------Harmon------------Willie
All Stars------------------11*----------------6
MVP------------------------1-----------------1
Career High HR----------49----------------45
# Seasons w/45 HR------5------------------1
League Leader HR--------6------------------3
Career High RBI---------140---------------126
# seasons w/100 RBI----9------------------4
League Leader RBI-------3------------------2
Career High BB----------145---------------137
# seasons w/100 BB-----7------------------3
League Leader BB--------4------------------1
Career High SO----------142---------------119
# seasons w/100 SO-----7------------------4
Career high BA----------.288-------------.320
#seasons w/.300 BA------0-----------------1
Career High OBP--------.427-------------.453
#seasons w.400 OBP-----4-----------------4
Career High SLG--------.606-------------.656
#seasons w/.500 SLG----11---------------10


* baseball-reference claims 13, but there were 2 All Star games in 1959 & 1961, I counted the season not the individual games.

 

[femurov]

What about Stargell or Mccovey??

Oh, Stargell sucks!

 

[TJL]

Lonzo Ball might get a fucking statue. I could have a fucking statue for these mocks for fucks sake

Lonzo deserves a statue.