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Originally Posted by Zone91
AMBST95.. I mean the whole world knows about Mickey Mantle: 536 home runs and Babe Ruth: 714 home runs....but not Tris Speaker.
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It's a shame that Tris Speaker relatively gets the shaft as compared to Matty/Cobb/Wags/Young/etc.. he was one of the first HOF class (with Wajo, Matty, Cy young, Cobb, etc) and even though primarily a dead ball player, his stats hold up incredibly.. especially doubles and triples totals. Also, I know it was a different game and centerfielders could play much shallower, but just check out his OF assists as compared with assist numbers today. The guy was a flat out stud.