RIP Lou Brock

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Seems like we are losing many greats in a short time.

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Brock on the Big Stage

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Brock on the Big Stage

 

 

Lou Brock was the first absolute disruptor in my time as a baseball fan, with more pop than contemporaries like Wills or Aparicio. Brock was good enough to reach 3,000 hits, and great enough to set season and career stolen base records. He was a first ballot Hall of Famer, but with a below-average arm and high strikeout rate for his era that probably kept his career bWAR to 45.4 (in comparison, Mookie Betts is currently at 44.7 and will likely pass Brock before he turns 28).

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Lou Brock was the first absolute disruptor in my time as a baseball fan, with more pop than contemporaries like Wills or Aparicio. Brock was good enough to reach 3,000 hits, and great enough to set season and career stolen base records. He was a first ballot Hall of Famer, but with a below-average arm and high strikeout rate for his era that probably kept his career bWAR to 45.4 (in comparison, Mookie Betts is currently at 44.7 and will likely pass Brock before he turns 28).

 

Didn't Brock get his 3,000th hit the same day as Yaz?