Found August 31, 2011 on Ducksnorts:
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I’ve been thinking about Nick Hundley’s future again. It’s becoming a problem for me… thinking about Hundley’s future, not Hundley himself. If you’ve been following along, you know that my pet comps for Hundley are Ron Karkovice, Jason LaRue, and maybe Mike Macfarlane if I’m feeling extra confident. I recently ran more numbers and found more names. This time I searched at Baseball-Reference using the following criteria: Since 1901 Through age 27 season 50 percent of games at catcher OBP between .299 and .319 SLG between .397 and .417 Minimum 1000 career plate appearances Acknowledging that Hundley’s age 27 season remains in progress and its final numbers are subject to change, I sorted by OPS+ and got this: Player Years PA BA OBP SLG OPS+ Nick Hundley 2008-2011 1041 .248 .309 .407 99 Gary Alexander 1975-1980 1407 .230 .313 .412 99 Mike Macfarlane 1987-1991 1158 .257 .311 .400 98 Don Slaught 19...
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