December 12, 200322 yr Is it fair to compare Vlad with Clemente? at the end of Vladimir Guerrero's career, if he continue to improve and perform at or above his career average would he be considered better than Clemente? Defensively, I think Clemente has the edge due to speed, but Vladdy's arm is compared as equal to Clemente. In addition, Clemente didn't have the power of Vladdy. What do you think?
December 12, 200322 yr No. Vlad is a heck of a player, but Clemente was probably the best all-around player the game ahs ever seen.
December 12, 200322 yr Vlad has a long way to be close to Clemente. Do I think he can do it? Yes. Is he going to do it anytime soon? No. It is going to take a while. And in my eyes no one can match Clemente until they match him off the field too in his charity efforts. Oh, and for the record, Clemente has the best arm in all time. I don't think that will EVER change.
December 12, 200322 yr Author I'm a fan of both, (more of Clemente since I was born and raised in Puerto Rico. And Celemente is the Man there), stat wise it seems like Vlad has the edge on the Offense. But I know is really though to compare two players that didn't play on the same era.
December 13, 200322 yr Vlad's career ops % better than average during his era: 20% Clemente: 13% Guerrero for now...
December 13, 200322 yr when Vlad gets 3000 hits come and talk to me... I agree with you, Vlad can mess up his back and never come back. Who knows, look at albert belle.
December 13, 200322 yr Albert Belle was one of the best power hitters who never acomplished what he could...
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