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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1619720" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>Larry Walker was a better hitter than Sosa. Even when adjusting for park factors. He had a career .965 OPS (which doesn't take into account where he played) and a 141 OPS+ (which does). Sosa was .878 and 128. </p><p></p><p>And that doesn't even get into the fact that Walker was an all-time great defensive outfielder while Sammy was just pretty good during the first half of his career and downright bad during the second half of his career. </p><p></p><p>Sosa might deserve to be in the Hall, but Walker definitely deserved to be in the Hall before him and there are about 5 other right fielders who aren't in the Hall who also deserve to be in the Hall before Sosa. (Shoeless Joe not included.) That said, there are at least a dozen more right fielders that are already in the Hall that shouldn't be in there if Sammy isn't, which is one of the reasons I think that Sosa will eventually get in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1619720, member: 26283"] Larry Walker was a better hitter than Sosa. Even when adjusting for park factors. He had a career .965 OPS (which doesn't take into account where he played) and a 141 OPS+ (which does). Sosa was .878 and 128. And that doesn't even get into the fact that Walker was an all-time great defensive outfielder while Sammy was just pretty good during the first half of his career and downright bad during the second half of his career. Sosa might deserve to be in the Hall, but Walker definitely deserved to be in the Hall before him and there are about 5 other right fielders who aren't in the Hall who also deserve to be in the Hall before Sosa. (Shoeless Joe not included.) That said, there are at least a dozen more right fielders that are already in the Hall that shouldn't be in there if Sammy isn't, which is one of the reasons I think that Sosa will eventually get in. [/QUOTE]
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