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Posted By: MVSNYC

guys, maybe it's just me, but in order to measure a great player (specifically a hitter), IMO, batting average has to be at the top of the list...Joe hit .356 lifetime! and that was during the deadball era...Pete (who i love, don't get me wrong), has a lifetime avg. of .303...of course he has so many more hits, but look at the "at bats":

we should not be comparing how many years they played, rather: hits/at bats...

Joe: 1,772/4,981...356

Pete: 4,256/14,053...303

even though Pete played twice as many years, he had almost exactly THREE times as many at bats...just some food for thought.

so we are only left to wonder, given that many at bats...how many hits Joe would have had?