His career is well documented on the card - solid hitter, good arm, good baserunner, All-Star and World Series star.
Not on the card - I was surprised that baseball-reference.com compared his career as most similar to Thurman Munson.
He only struck out once in every 15 at-bats. He walked even less - 1 in every 21.7 at-bats. I thought back to guys who swung at everything or do that now. Shawon Dunston walked once in every 29.2 at-bats and Javier Baez already only walks once per 19.5 at-bats. Dunston struck out once every 5.9 at-bats and Baez is currently whiffing once 3.5 every at-bats.
Nice Article on these... I may go after the set.
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