Patsy Dougherty vs. Lou Finney

[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 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

Finney:

1270 G
5034 PA
4631 AB
643 R
1329 H
203 2B
85 3B
31 HR
494 RBI
39 SB
>= 45 CS
329 BB
186 K
.287 BA
.336 OBP
.388 SLG
.723 OPS
88 OPS+
1795 TB
>=59 GDP
10 HBP
63 SH
0.5 WAR

If Dougherty wins, he will face his second-most similar comp's third-most similar comp. If Finney 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
Patsy Dougherty vs. Johnny Bates - tie
Patsy Dougherty vs. Johnny Bates vs. Cliff Heathcote vs. Mike Mitchell

[PVNICK]

Finney had a higher BA, Spct, OPS more H, 2B, 3B, HR and RBI all in roughly the same PA/AB. But of course Dougherty almost matched him playing in the depths of the dead ball era while Finney started his career in the mid 1930s. Finney led the league in AB once, Dougherty in (off the top of my head) R and SB probaly at least once each and maybe H once as well. Not to mock Finney, but his top OPS+ for a full season was 108 which is less than Dougherty's average.