If we’re going to combine stats like this for baseball, why not do it for other sports?
The NHL never had Russian players, yet the Russians were at least as good as the NHL, if not better. So by the same logic as MLB is using here, shouldn’t the Soviet Championship League - which lasted from 1946 to 1992 - have their stats combined with the NHL? After all, we know Soviet players were just as good as NHL players, and whenever the Soviets played the NHL they did very well. The Soviets weren’t allowed to play in the NHL for reasons out of the players’ control - much like Negro-leaguers.
Igor Larianov scored 204 goals while playing for Khimik Voskresensk and CSKA Moscow. Those goals should be combined with his NHL goals, right? But his NHL reference page does not include those stats. Where's the outcry for Igor, who was oppressed by his totalitarian government?
I would argue that whatever Baseball is stating as the reasons for this are not what they say. This is about something else. I think it’s known in academic circles as Social Justice. And you’re either for Social Justice or your not.
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