I'm old school too and I saw Mays, Mantle and Aaron during their prime.
Roberto Clemente was better in the 5-tool category because he had the 4 they all had plus the greatest throwing arm from RF in baseball history. It
defied gravity. No one ran on Roberto.

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Posted by FightinTigersDammit

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Member since Mar 2006

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Posted on 4/22/11 at 6:01 pm to Zach

Clemente led the NL in outfield assists five time, so somebody was running- but they were stupid to do so. The man could flat throw!

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Posted by bomber77

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Posted on 4/22/11 at 6:04 pm to Zach

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I'm old school too and I saw Mays, Mantle and Aaron during their prime.
Roberto Clemente was better in the 5-tool category because he had the 4 they all had plus the greatest throwing arm from RF in baseball history. It
defied gravity. No one ran on Roberto.

RC was up there no doubt. I rank him a little lower because of his power stats but he's right there. I was never that impressed with Hanks defense.

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Posted by tigernchicago

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Posted on 4/22/11 at 7:02 pm to Zach

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Roberto Clemente was better in the 5-tool category because he had the 4 they all had plus the greatest throwing arm from RF in baseball history. It
defied gravity. No one ran on Roberto.

Roberto CLemente has never had a peer as a right fielder.

The ony arm I have seen that was even close was Dave Parker. Dave Parker had more power but RC was clerl;y superior in the other 4 tools.

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