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Originally Posted by blandman
Can you come up with a player with a truly comparable first season to Viciedo, including K:BB ratio and contact rates, in which the player wasn't out of the league in five years?
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Dayan Viciedo - .255/.300/.444, 4.28 K/BB, 4.52 PA/K
Willie Stargell - .243/.290/.428, 4.47 K/BB, 3.85 PA/K (HOF)
Andre Dawson - .253/.299/.442, 4.26 K/BB, 5.15 PA/K (HOF)
Dave Parker - .282/.322/.409, 5.30 K/BB, 4.40 PA/K ('78 MVP)
Jermaine Dye - .252/.286/.394, 4.55 K/BB, 4.77 PA/K, ages 22-24 ('05 WS MVP)
Ryan Howard - horrid 3.63 PA/K at age 23...in high A ball. ('06 MVP)