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Tex: .266/.362/.487/.849, .66 Eye, 32 HR and 39 2B per 162
Berk: .289/.402/.544/.946, .90 Eye, 37 HR and 39 2B per 162
Berkman was a better hitter than Tex. I'd love for Smoak to be a .290 hitter with 40/40 power and an even batting eye.
I'll certainly cheer for that comp to work out. :) And I agree, I'd expect Smoak to have a higher BA than Tex's road #s, but if he drops a few doubles the OPS would come out about the same.
If he turns into a Berkman level monster, though, that'd be utterly fabulous. Berkman-light with the same BA and OBP and just a curtailing of the power would be great too.
Tex is a 4.5 WAR player for his career and Berkman was an even 5 (with peaks and valleys). I would take either and skip happily to the bank.
~G