re: Why didn't LSU greats like Brandon Larson, Eddy Furniss, etc. make more noise in MLB?

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Throughout college, [Berkman] batted a collective .385 with 67 home runs and 272 RBI.

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Larson hit 40 home runs and had 118 RBIs with a .381 batting average

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Why did Berkman enjoy such a prolific MLB career and not Larson since they played during the same era?

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Lance Berkman hit more HRs than Larson that year and did it with a dad bod at 21 years old.

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I know. But he was a much better overall hitter than Larson. That’s why he had such a long MLB career. And he switch hit. It’s just the ‘97 bats mitigated the difference in their numbers that year. Or maybe Lance just worked harder.