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Originally Posted by rhettyeakley
So are we just going to pretend like Doby didn’t play those seasons? What exactly is your point?
He played more seasons in a high level league that we don’t have valid stats for that ARE included in his legacy but because of some asinine logic about how he was too young we should discount that as never having happened and compare him to a player that played an entire career and amassed the same WAR as a player that didn’t have those same possibilities?
Again, comparing a player that played 5 years in the Negro Leagues and then had a very good career in the Majors to a guy 35 years later with none of those factors is (and I will say this slowly) NOT A VALID COMPARISON!
Also, Larry Doby is only 4 years younger than Jackie. He turned 24 the year he began playing for the Indians.
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My point is pretty simple really. You keep asserting that Doby lost peak seasons of his career while he was 18 to 22. I don't think he did because that's not the case for the majority of major leaguers who tend to spend that time either playing college ball or minor league ball.