Their offensive numbers were almost identical. White scored many more runs than Maz, hit many more doubles, stole many more bases. White does not. Consider the Frank White case for the Hall of Fame reopened. I think people sort of looked at my batting average and didn't look any deeper.
Baseball is about more things than batting average.
I hope people take a closer look. If you take a closer look, you can see that White's offensive numbers are not terribly lower than some of the other second basemen in the Hall of Fame. All that's not to say White is going to the Hall of Fame. People will always look at that .255 average, which would be the lowest of any everyday player in the Hall of Fame. But maybe now those people will take another look at the career of Frank White.