[Stardust]

Are you man-crushing on Griffey Jr.? He and Albert have almost identical hitting numbers, and now we are comparing the pitching eras. Remember the help that Griffey had in Seattle with hitting, now name 3 hitters that helped Albert? I'll give you Scott Rolen. Albert had no protection and hardly ever sees a good pitch.

I'm not a big believer in the help thing. Their Walk numbers are not that different and that's the only stat you can look at when using the
"help" factor. Also, Albert played a lot more games in his 10 years than Griffey (my Boy ) did, so if yo want to say anything, because of Griffey's position and him being a runner - You have yet to acknowledge that Jr. had double digit steals each year in comparison to the non-running that Albert is capable of - that running hurt Junior and took his numbers down.

Bottom-line, two of the greatest to ever play this game, you wanted an argument for a player who did better, I say it was Griffey who had the best first 10 years.