Tillie Walker vs. Al Cowens

[Cowtipper]

We're playing the "who is better than his most similar comparison" (on Baseball-Reference) 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?

Walker:

1421 G
5661 PA
5067 AB
696 R
1423 H
244 2B
71 3B
118 HR
679 RBI
129 SB
>=48 CS
416 BB
584 K
.281 BA
.339 OBP
.427 SLG
.766 OPS
115 OPS+
2163 TB
31 HBP
154 SH
22.3 WAR

Cowens:

1584 G
6038 PA
5534 AB
704 R
1494 H
276 2B
68 3B
108 HR
717 RBI
120 SB
74 CS
389 BB
659 K
.270 BA
.319 OBP
.403 SLG
.722 OPS
99 OPS+
2230 TB
141 GDP
34 HBP
28 SH
53 SF
28 IBB
12.4 WAR

If Walker wins, he will face his fourth-most similar comp. If Cowens wins, he will face his third-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
Patsy Dougherty vs. Ron LeFlore
Ron LeFlore vs. Mookie Wilson
Ron LeFlore vs. Dan Gladden
Ron LeFlore vs. Doug Glanville
Ron LeFlore vs. Taylor Douthit
Ron LeFlore vs. Terry Puhl
Terry Puhl vs. Jerry Mumphrey
Terry Puhl vs. Les Mann
Terry Puhl vs. John Titus
John Titus vs. Amos Strunk
John Titus vs. Tommy Griffith
John Titus vs. Elmer Valo
Elmer Valo vs. Stan Javier
Elmer Valo vs. Dave Martinez
Elmer Valo vs. Tony Gonzalez
Tony Gonzalez vs. Tillie Walker
Tillie Walker vs. Roberto Kelly

[TomBodet]

I liked Al, always remembered that one real big yr he had '77, the big glasses, and the Ed Farmer wars. Don't remember the man's glove. He was prob a shade better than Tilly.

[PVNICK]

Cowens had a great arm and that one great year. It seemd he played after that with teams expecting a repeat, KC, Cal, Det, that never camer. Though in all fairness he did suffer a pretty bad injury when hit by a pitch by Farmer in 1979, which may or may not have played a part in his diminishment at the plate.

[Cowtipper]

Couple days left.

[Jackaroo Dave]

Sorry, can't see the case for Cowens.