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RIP Al Kaline

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Interestingly, both players have 55.6 WAA. But yeah, having 13.7 more WAR than DiMaggio isn't really a point in his favor considering he had nearly 4000 more plate appearances.
Kaline may have had a better career (at least in terms of longevity), but I think DiMaggio was easily the better player.
The Clipper was seriously screwed on his raw numbers as a righty in old Yankee Stadium....probably the only guys who had it worse were the Senators players (like Goose Goslin). Of course, Joe would have been about 10% as famous playing anywhere else except maybe for the Bosox or Cubbies, so being a Yank worked out in his favor in the end.
 

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I'm not sure how we got down this rabbit hole anyway. Kaline had a great career that does not need to be inclusive of a discussion of DiMaggio as if it somehow that takes away from that

It's like uh...Miguel Cabrera had a great hitting career....oh but he wasnt Lou Gehrig




Tell that to the clueless ones in this thread....

Is Miguel Cabrera the best hitter ever
 
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