Frank Thomas vs. Jeff Bagwell

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Frank Thomas vs. Jeff Bagwell 

Post#1 » by Baller 24 » Fri May 11, 2007 2:22 am

Both have had good careers, solid 1st basemen. Both I think born on the same date or something. Both won MVP the same yr. Both played for 1 organization for a long time.
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Post#2 » by Bleeding Green » Fri May 11, 2007 5:22 am

Frank Thomas was the better hitter, but Bagwell excelled in the field and on the basepaths so I'll give him the edge. Both slam dunk hall of famers who rank among the top-5 or 6 1B of all time. Thomas was a poor fielder and Bagwell was Will Clark in the field. And how do you steal 30 bases as a first baseman in two separate seasons? That's unheard of.

Bagwell played much of his career in a ballpark that suppressed right handed power numbers, too.

Frank Thomas has one more career SB than Jeff Bagwell had in 1997.
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Post#3 » by RaoulDuke79 » Fri May 11, 2007 5:41 am

Bleeding Green wrote:Frank Thomas was the better hitter, but Bagwell excelled in the field and on the basepaths so I'll give him the edge. Both slam dunk hall of famers who rank among the top-5 or 6 1B of all time. Thomas was a poor fielder and Bagwell was Will Clark in the field. And how do you steal 30 bases as a first baseman in two separate seasons? That's unheard of.

Bagwell played much of his career in a ballpark that suppressed right handed power numbers, too.

Frank Thomas has one more career SB than Jeff Bagwell had in 1997.


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Post#4 » by Baller 24 » Fri May 11, 2007 2:06 pm

Plus the fact that Bagwell played most of his career in the Astrodome, which was no easy home run hitting stadium.
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Post#5 » by Baller 24 » Fri May 11, 2007 2:08 pm

Plus the fact that the Astrodome was no hitter friendley stadium, it wasn't really easy to hit home runs in like it is in Minuate Maid Park.
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Post#6 » by RaoulDuke79 » Fri May 11, 2007 7:32 pm

Are you okay ns?

You just posted the same thing twice, but in different ways.


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