On Your Mark

Player A  152  552   99  159  29  4  37  103   5  1  70  81  .288  .368  .556

Player B 162 644 112 194 41 3 43 144 4 0 72 124 .301 .379 .575

The measure of greatness. Player A's lines were arguably the WORST of his career up
to age 35. He was an OPS +149 then. In fact, the stat line for Player A occurred when
he was 35, during the downside of his career. At age 25 player A also had 40 stolen
bases as well as .296/.369/.557 and OPS +146 relative to the rest of the league.

Player B's stat line is the BEST of his career, at age 25, with an OPS + 144.

Player B is Mark Teixeira, looking for over 22 million dollars a year. Player A,
Willie Mays.

Moral of the story? Nobody would have enough money to pay Willie Mays today.





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