Best right-handed hitters
I have a colleague about 20 years my junior.
He was wondering if Aaron Judge is top 10 or top 5 right-handed hitters in the modern era.
That was 1990 to him.
I pushed it to 1980.
And came up with this. Steroid suspects were pushed out of top 10.
1980S Until now
Miguel Cabrera
Albert Pujols
Aaron Judge
Frank Thomas
Mike Schmidt
Paul Molitor
Albert Belle
Edgar Martinez
Mike Trout
Vladimir Guerrero
Others considered: Adrian Beltre, Rickey Henderson, Robin Yount, Manny Ramirez, ARod, Jeff Bagwell, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Juan Gonzales, Andre Dawson, Derek Jeter
Here endeth the lesson.
Buster Olney said yesterday that based on an advanced metric -- if I remember correctly, adjusted OPS -- Judge is the best RH hitter in history. He compared numbers to show it's not close, because of power and average. Post-season is a different conversation.