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Originally Posted by Tabe
Misleading - in 1909, for example, all of his home runs were inside-the-park.
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I thought your point was the relative value of singles vs. home runs. I didn't realize there was a difference in the result of a home run that goes over the fence and one that doesn't. Both clear the bases and count the same.
Cobb hit for power in the dead ball era; in his prime years, nobody was busting fences down. Nobody until the Babe.