While all the attention is rightly focused on the Mick's drive, the player so closely associated with him and who joined the league in the same season is still doing his thing.
Unlike the historical, however, it seems Mick is going to outshine the Say Hey Kid, statistically speaking. Willie has belted dinger number 500 today, so he's roughly 100 in back of Mick and still 160 shy of his IRL total. Even with the recalc padding, I don't see Willie making it past Gehrig and the Babe into the 600s. I think he'll be lucky to make 550, which is about in line with what we're seeing for most players who were granted full careers in the historical. Mickey is a rarity in this save - a position player who has greatly outperformed his real self. Gehrig did it as well, but is obviously a special case, as is Koufax on the pitching side.
A week or so later, Eddie Mathews - currently with Seattle - joins the club as well.
