Never Would Have Paired These Two
Ages and relative production are a pretty close comp for these two - over the first three years of their big league careers, huh?
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Some of the numbers are impressively close, but the divergence in walks tells me these players aren’t all that similar.
Comment by gerry — May 5, 2008 @ 10:33 pm
Comparing middle infielders to left fielders is dangerous — an impressive performance on offense by a middle infielder isn’t nearly as fine when accomplished by a player all the way on the other end of the defensive spectrum. Checking for a comparable OPS+ and comparable career PAs through age 24, and sticking just to middle infielders, the closest comp I found on PI, and it was very close, was Rod Carew. Carew’s SLG was lower, but he played in an era less conducive to sluggging.
Comment by birtelcom — May 6, 2008 @ 5:41 am
Eh. The slash lines are:
.314/.346/.489
.283/.373/.450
Some of the other stuff looks pretty similar, but considering the corner outfield/middle infield difference and the batting lines that don’t look similar, I don’t think I’ll be comparing Cano to Kemp anytime soon.
Comment by James — May 6, 2008 @ 9:59 am
I don’t mean to pile on, but I will echo that I don’t think the players are similar at all. Finding guys with similar numbers of games played or at-bats is very easy.
Comment by Andy — May 7, 2008 @ 8:19 am