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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 5458729, member: 1969"]
Seems to be some confusion on Darrell Evans and Dwight Evans.   But both Evans would be viewed as better players in today's era than when they played.   And that is because of walks and OBP.

[B]Some may view this as a crazy statement but in modern times,  its almost certainly correct  Lets move 1989 to 2025.  In the Red Sox outfield "today" on July 9, 2025, we have a 36 year old (Jim Rice) and a 37 year old (Dwight Evans) who are winding down their careers.   In this scenario, on July 9, 2025, more people would be talking about Dwight Evans as a potential Hall of Famer then Jim Rice.  Although both would probably be viewed as falling short, at least until the Vet Commitee.   Jim Rice playing today, with modern HOF voters and metrics, is not getting into the Hall.   [/B]

In the scenario above, as of "July 9, 2025"
Jim Rice has a 48 Career WAR.  Dwight Evans has a 66 Career WAR.
Jim Rice has a career OPS+ of 128.   Dwight Evans has an OPS+ 130.
Dwight Evans has 8 golf gloves.
Dwight Evans would have won the MVP award in 2017 (1981) with modern voters,

These 2 players would be viewed entirely differently in terms of who was better if they were playing now.
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