Joe Blogs: Fun Pairs

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http://joeposnanski.blogspot.com/2013/09/fun-pairs.html

Did you know that Adam Dunn and Juan Pierre have accumulated an almost identical amount of statistical value?

Dunn: 16.6 bWAR, 23.2 fWAR

Pierre: 16.6 bWAR, 23.3 fWAR

Included in these piece are other pairs of players who reached their final destinations through widely different routes.

Spoiler- A retired Oriole great is in one of the pairs.

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So if you want to add in the extra dimension of what a player accumulated for one team (say, the Orioles) you get some interesting matchups:

Boog Powell and Bobby Grich are both right around 36 rWAR as Orioles.

Ken Singleton and Melvin Mora are within a win of one another.

Raffy and Al Bumbry.

Hoiles and DeCinces.

Luis Aparicio and Gary Roenicke.

Matt Wieters and Mike Devereaux.

Jim Gentile and Rich Dauer and Mike Bordick.

Mickey Tettleton and Leo Gomez.

Roberto Alomar and Gus Triandos.

Chris Davis, Manny Machado, Luke Scott, and Joe Orsulak.

Fred Lynn and John Lowenstein.

Billy Ripken and Reggie Jackson.

Lee May and Delino DeShields.

Albert Belle and John Orsino.

Larry Sheets, Whitey Herzog, Robert Andino, Nolan Reimold, Nate McLouth, Chris Richard, and George Kell.

[Can_of_corn]

So if you want to add in the extra dimension of what a player accumulated for one team (say, the Orioles) you get some interesting matchups:

Boog Powell and Bobby Grich are both right around 36 rWAR as Orioles.

Ken Singleton and Melvin Mora are within a win of one another.

Raffy and Al Bumbry.

Hoiles and DeCinces.

Luis Aparicio and Gary Roenicke.

Matt Wieters and Mike Devereaux.

Jim Gentile and Rich Dauer and Mike Bordick.

Mickey Tettleton and Leo Gomez.

Roberto Alomar and Gus Triandos.

Chris Davis, Manny Machado, Luke Scott, and Joe Orsulak.

I just pictured Roberto Alomar and Gus Triandos road tripping their way to spring training in an epic buddy movie.