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Old 03-10-2023, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by robw1959 View Post
Don't forget that Cobb was a terrific outfielder as well.
What's the evidence for Cobb having been a terrific outfielder? I don't necessarily love WAR's defensive metrics, especially going that far back, but Baseball Reference has Cobb as being worth negative defensive WAR almost every year of his career, and -10.8 total.
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