Patsy Dougherty vs. Ron LeFlore

[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

LeFlore:

1099 G
4872 PA
4458 AB
731 R
1283 H
172 2B
57 3B
59 HR
353 RBI
455 SB
142 CS
363 BB
888 K
.288 BA
.342 OBP
.392 SLG
.734 OPS
104 OPS+
1746 TB
73 GDP
17 HBP
14 SH
20 SF
15 IBB
16.3 WAR

If Dougherty wins, he will face his fourth-most similar comp's eighth-most similar comp. If LeFlore wins, he will face his fourth-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
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
Patsy Dougherty vs. Hi Myers
Patsy Dougherty vs. Mike Kreevich
Patsy Dougherty vs. Luis Polonia
Patsy Dougherty vs. Darryl Hamilton
Patsy Dougherty vs. Max Flack
Patsy Dougherty vs. Al Bumbry

[Cowtipper]

For the first time since Johnny Bates, I'm voting for someone other than Dougherty. LeFlore has a higher OPS, a better batting average, more grey ink, better offensive and defensive WAR, better speed, better extra base hit power and some actual black ink to his name.

[PVNICK]

Is the name Bumbry above the challengers stats a cut and paste or other such typo?

[Cowtipper]

Yeah, cut and paste.

[PVNICK]

You know what I'm goign with LeFlore too. He was really good with Detroit and, to my younger self, a good backstory.

[Cowtipper]

Get your votes in...just a couple days left!

[Cowtipper]

I'm as giddy as a little schoolgirl. It looks like Dougherty's reign of domination may be coming to an end! And with that, we are of course one step closer to the end-goal of this project, which is to work our way up to somebody vs. Babe Ruth.