Patsy Dougherty vs. Johnny Bates

[Cowtipper]

We're playing the "who is better than his most similar comp" game.

My starting point was Tommy Dowd, the guy with the lowest WAR among all batters with at least 5,000 plate appearances. I hope to work my way up to *somebody* vs. Babe Ruth. That'd be cool.

Which of these two players would you like to build your franchise around?

Dougherty:

1233 G
5109 PA
4558 AB
678 R
1294 H
138 2B
78 3B
17 HR
413 RBI
261 SB
378 BB
458 K
.284 BA
.346 OBP
.360 SLG
.705 OPS
117 OPS+
1639 TB
54 HBP
119 SH
22.6 WAR

Bates:

1154 G
4597 PA
3913 AB
565 R
1087 H
167 2B
73 3B
25 HR
417 RBI
187 SB
>= 9 CS
503 BB
428 K
.278 BA
.367 OBP
.377 SLG
.744 OPS
122 OPS+
1475 TB
49 HBP
132 SH
19.3 WAR

If Dougherty wins, he will face his ninth-most similar comp. If Bates wins, he will face his most similar comp.

Past face-offs (winner in bold):

Tommy Dowd vs. Ned Hanlon (as a player)
Ned Hanlon (as a player) vs. Joe Hornung
Ned Hanlon (as a player) vs. Curt Welch
Curt Welch vs. Blondie Purcell
Curt Welch vs. Bob Bescher
Curt Welch vs. George Pinkney
Curt Welch vs. Joe Hornung
Curt Welch vs. Rube Oldring
Curt Welch vs. Solly Hofman
Curt Welch vs. Tom York
Curt Welch vs. George Case
Curt Welch vs. Tommy Dowd
Curt Welch vs. Charlie Hemphill
Curt Welch vs. George Browne
Curt Welch vs. Jack McCarthy
Curt Welch vs. Shad Barry
Curt Welch vs. Patsy Dougherty
Patsy Dougherty vs. Carson Bigbee
Patsy Dougherty vs. Jack Smith

[Cowtipper]

I went with Bates. He has a higher OPS and OPS+ and his BB:K ratio is much better. Their batting averages aren't that far apart and their WAR is close enough where I don't think, using that metric, that Dougherty can be considered that much better.

[PVNICK]

Dougherty leading the league in R x2, H and SB variously in three separate seasons made me vote for him.

[Cowtipper]

We're all tied up! Someone want to break it?

[Cowtipper]

Looking for another vote.

[Cowtipper]

It's a tie. So, if anyone wants to put a write-in to break it within the next couple hours, I'll take that. If not, I'll do a three-way poll.

[Cowtipper]

One more shot for a write-in tiebreaker.

[westsidegrounds]

We want Welch!

We want Welch!!

We want Welch!!!

[Cowtipper]

But he lost.