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Message: [QUOTE="bpo57, post: 3063045, member: 1572"] In 14 consecutive seasons when Perez was 25 to 39 he averaged 98 RBI a season hitting behind Johnny Bench (for much of that time) who drove in a ton of runs himself. Very few players in that era could make that claim. Also had the game winning HR in Game 7 of the 1975 WS. Of course he was a key cog on a team that was the best team of the entire 1970s. He was way more than a stat compiler and was unbelievably consistent. I remember him signing with Boston at the tail end of his career when he was 38 and he drove in over 100 runs. If u look carefully at Perez and Baines' stats you can see Perez was the better hitter. Not to mention that Perez played a significant part of his career in an era where pitching dominated, there were larger ballparks and the ball and the players weren't juiced. [/QUOTE]