These numbers don't lie
Reed Browning
April 07, 1980
A fresh stat, CAM, allows exact comparisons of oldtime hitters to new, of Cobb to Carew
And over Wagner, too, whose +71 leaves him slightly ahead of Musial (+67). Rose is a bit further down the list, but his +58 places him ahead of such Hall of Famers as Joe DiMaggio (+54), Paul Waner (+52), Al Simmons (+53) and even Lou Gehrig (+57). Pretty fair company, Pete. We've always thought you were something special. Now we know it for sure.
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