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Originally Posted by DamnYankees
I just really dislike Fontana - he was nothing more than Dave Kingman, 50 years earlier.
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Grimaldi will probably end up the closest thing to Ruth, but calling Fontana Kingman is wrong as well. He's our career HR leader! 61 HR in 1932. His peak seasons are light years better than Kingmans' ever were. Unfortunately he was a lot more inconsistent than Kingman ever was.
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Fontana: .253/.324/.500 374 2b, 152 3b, 582 HR, 1992 RBI, 1782 Runs
Kingman: .236/.302/.478 240 2b, 25 3b, 442 HR, 1210 RBI, 1575 Runs
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Of course they're in different eras, against fictional players as opposed to a larger pool of actual players, but comparing him to Kingman is just as off as you say my comparing him to Ruth is. I was focusing only on HR. Probably myopic, but using OPS+ for the 1948 HOF ballot is IMHO anachronistic.
Regardless, he belongs in the HOF. I doubt you'd find anyone here who would say that Kingman belongs there.