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Originally Posted by Ricky
Today, due to saber metrics and advanced stats, we know that home runs are far more valuable than singles. During Cobb’s time, that wasn’t so clear.
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I think people understood that clearing the bases and scoring at minimum 1 run was better. I think people were intelligent enough to realize 4 bases is better than 1. Home runs were much harder to hit, but I do not see how we can reasonably doubt that people then knew 4 bases is better than 1.