Patsy Dougherty vs. Hi Myers

[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
15.5 WAR

Myers:

1310 G
5317 PA
4910 AB
555 R
1380 H
179 2B
100 3B
32 HR
559 RBI
107 SB
>=56 CS
195 BB
362 K
.281 BA
.312 OBP
.378 SLG
.690 OPS
96 OPS+
1855 TB
24 HBP
187 SH
6.8 WAR

If Dougherty wins, he will face his third-most similar comp's ninth-most similar comp. If Myers 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
3Curt 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
Patsy Dougherty vs. Lou Finney
Patsy Dougherty vs. Whitey Witt
Patsy Dougherty vs. Ducky Holmes
Patsy Dougherty vs. Matty McIntyre
Patsy Dougherty vs. Gene Richards
Patsy Dougherty vs. Tom Goodwin
Patsy Dougherty vs. Peanuts Lowrey
Patsy Dougherty vs. Patsy Tebeau
Patsy Dougherty vs. Billy Hatcher
Patsy Dougherty vs. Red Murray

[PVNICK]

aw geez, Cowtipper you promised the competition was going to get tougher. Hi Myers the teens to early 20s Dodger OF? Is there an interesting Jewish backstory perhaps. Though looking him up I see he led the league in 3B 2x, including his banner year of 1919 when he also led the NL in RBI (w/73 !?!, Spct .436 again !?!! and TB 223) with an OPS+ of 130 followed up in 1920 with a 127 OPS+. Alas otherwise he topped 95 1x in his other 6 full seasons. Dougherty, lest we forget, was an early (19)00s OF, and presumably leadoff hitter who led the league in PA, AB, R and H in 1903, AB and R in 1904 and SB in 1907. By point of comparison with Myers, his OPS+ dipped below 98 only once in his entire career and peaked at 141. My choice, while I would like variety, is Dougherty by a mile.

[Cowtipper]

There will be some good competition coming up in due time. But I agree, for now I'm going with Dougherty as well.