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The Golden Age of Baseball once again--look at this list of great arms (not in any particular order):

Colavito: pure raw power, certainly a -5 arm in strat, only drawback was a slow release.

Clemente--had it all, power, accuracy, quick release. Deadly.

RJackson--Lots of power, not always accurate, still a long shot to run on in his prime.

Aaron--Underated arm--maybe not as strong as the others but certainly was up there in terms of accuracy and quick release.

Furillo--Gun. All cylinders.

Maris--Underated as a fielder and for his arm, which was strong accurate and deadly. Should be a minum -3 arm in STRAT, should be close to a -4.

Bauer--Certainly one of the best of the 50's, strong, accurate, decent release. In his prime should be a -4.

Kaline--Strong, very accurate, compact release. Is a -3 on most strat cards, believe one year he was deservedly a -4.

Rusty Staub--Le Grand Orange could gun them down, maybe not the fastest guy in the world, but his throws were tops. -4 arm for sure.

Born in '54 one of greatest RF arms that didn't make this list but John Callison had a gun. His peak was 1964 and I don't know what Strat would rate him but towards the end he was given a -4 on his 1969 card.

Personally saw him throw out a Dodger on a throw from the warning track on the fly. It was the best throw I've ever seen including the next generation of Winfield, Parker & Walker.

Bob-Thanks yes Johnny C should certainly be on that list, I do believe one of those years he had a -4 card.

That had to be a gun if you can compare it to Parker's, cause I saw both Clemente and Parker play on a regular basis and I haven't seen arms anywhere like that since..

Clemente is in a class by himself.

Dwight Evans played a little toward the end of the listed era. He had a -5 for years. Probably had a better overall arm than any rf from that era except Clemente.

I saw Colavito and Clemente in person several times in the early sixties.
Colavito's arm certainly was as strong, if not stronger than Clemente's. Roberto may have had a slight advantage in accuracy and release time, but in terms of pure power, Rocky was right with him.

I thought the 1964 Johnny Callison card was a 1 and -4 arm in BOTH CF and RF. I know he hit 31or 32 HRs or so, a great card but not too much on base.

Colavito probably had a stronger arm than Clemente. But nobody ever combined distance, accuracy and quick release like Clemente.