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Dyhard:Homecoming Week said 05/07, 05:38 PM
I'm going to go with one of the best HR hitters in baseball history. His name is Hank Aaron. I'm going with him for the best hitter in the 1960's.

He made 10 All-Star appearances during that time. Every year he got into All-Star game. That is very impressive. Killebrew didn't make it all 10 years like Aaron did.

He led the league in slugging twice, OPS once, runs twice, 5 times in total bases, twice in doubles, 3 times in home runs, 3 times in RBI, 5 season oof 120+ RBI, 4 times in extra base hit, all this in a ten-year period.

Every season between 1960-1969, he had an OBP above .350. 4 times he hit 40 home runs or more. Hank Aaron's lowest OBP was .352! His BA for the 1960's was .308. That is good. he had a total of 1819 hits. During the 1960's he hit 375 home runs, and he had a total of 1107 runs batted in.

Hank Aaron is a very good player. He might not have led the league in HR, or hit a lot of HR like Killebrew did, he still had 375 HR in the ten year span. He also had over 1100 runs driven in, which helped his team out a lot.

Hank Aaron is the greatest hitter in the 1960s.

Dyhard:Homecoming Week said 05/08, 07:55 AM
Some of the voters for the All-Star actually know what they are doing. Most have some clue, some don't, and a little bit of fans actually know a ton about the players, and are able to determine the players talent, and vote for the best players.

Killebrew most likely wasn't a starting player when he made the All-Star game, so the coaches most likely put him into the All-Star game because of that OBP.

So Killebrew had more HR, but that doens't make a much difference. RBI is a big factor of the game and scoring runs, and when he has 16 more RBI, that can make 16 more wins for Aaron's own team.

Those really aren't the stats that he would get. He would probably get less HR, and less RBI. They might be adjusted, but you don't know for sure that he will get this total of RBIs and HRs.

Hank Aaron might've had Eddie Matthews on the team, but how does that inhance Aaron's OBP and BA? That doens't really seem like a good debate tool. It might be a reason why he has more RBIs, but the rest is up to Aaron.

Aaron was a great HR hitter, but since he never really had good HR totals for a season, that is the reason his HR total is down. Aaron had more RBIs...

Out of room.

Dyhard:Homecoming Week said 05/08, 07:12 PM
HR's aren't a big factor in determining good hitters. It is how many times they get on base, and get hits. Plus, it is how many times they score Rbis and runs.

Aaron had more RBIs and thet is one reason why I picked him. I also picked him because he was a great player, and he had a good BA for the decade, a .308 BA, and the lowest OBP that Aaron had was a .352, which was higher than Killebrew's lowest OBP which was .348. Not a big difference, but that still means that Aaron got on base more.

How can you say that he will get them? He can have less, and he can have more. Averages don't always happen. I don't think that he would continue at his pace, and have that many HR or RBI.

I know what you did, but they aren't always going to happen.

So since Aaron played with ONE guy, that means that Aaron's stats are inflated, even though Killebrew played with Rod Carew? How does that work? His stats aren't going to be inflated because he played with Matthews.

Aaron was the best hitter from 1960-1969.