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Originally Posted by Mark17
Harry Heilmann was at least as good as Joe Jackson. Basically, same average, but Harry had better power numbers. Both hit over .400 once. Harry played longer, compiled 2,499 hits, and had a noteworthy career as an announcer once his playing days were over.
Relative to each other, Jackson is way over-valued, and/or Heilmann is way undervalued.
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Joe Jackson .356/.423/.517 OPS+ 170
Harry Heilmann .342/.410/.520 OPS+ 148
Those numbers aren't close. Heilmann having 3 points more in slugging doesn't mean he had more power than Jackson, he didn't. It means he played 10 years (1921-1930) in the "live ball era" after Jackson was banned from baseball.
Heilmann is undervalued, but Jackson is properly valued in my opinion.