If Nelson Cruz can hit 43 more, maybe I’ll nominate him…
Harmon Killebrew had a career OPS+ of 143 and 573 home runs in 2,435 games while David Ortiz had a career OPS+ of 141 and 541 home runs in 2,408 games.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...illeha01.shtml
https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...rtizda01.shtml
Killebrew and Ortiz played in different eras.
In the decade of the 1960s, Killebrew's .267 batting average was in the AL TOP TEN.
Ok, Harm was 10th in BA, but look at some other categories... From 1960 to 1969: Killebrew was 1st in home runs, RBIs, runs scored, bases on balls, slugging and total bases. He was 2nd in OBP and OPS to Mickey Mantle.
Killebrew's most expensive rookie card maxed out at around $1,700 on eBay this month. That's at least $12 1/2 million dollars less than Mantle's.
Maybe Harm is underrated.