A few things about my guy Lou Brock:

-75% SB Rate

A Baseball Prospectus study concluded that if your success rate is less than 75%, you’re better off not running at all. So he was right at the break-even point.

.343 Career OBP

The starting point for a quality on-base guy should be .350.

.958 Career fielding percentage

167 errors is nearly double that of the next worst outfielder in baseball history. Probably still better than Adam Dunn, though.

Brock does not appear to be a legitimate hall of famer, but someone with 3000 hits and the pre-Henderson SB record is a no-brain selection.

I used to hold him in a very high regard. I was severely brainwashed by the baseball card market for MANY years.

TRANSLATION: I saw Brock play and thought he was good. Then somebody told me he sucked and I believed them.