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Originally Posted by samosa4u
As World War I started, baseball’s popularity continued to grow from city to city. Hitters like Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, and Joe Jackson posted record-setting numbers despite playing in the dead-ball era.
They're trying to put him on the same level as Cobb and Wagner - ha !! He was good, but not THAT good! 
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We won't ever know how he really compared to Cobb. Based on what stats we have he was quite a bit off from Cobb, How he would have done in a few more prime years plus a few old man years we can't say. And really, who was comparable to Cobb?
He probably would have made it to 3000 hits. His batting average is only 10 points behind Cobb. Slugging and OPS are almost identical. Could he have made a transition from deadball hitting to the power game of the 20's? No way to tell, but 12 hr in 1920 while still batting .382 gives a fun hint.
His numbers as 163 game averages are better as a hitter than Wagner, certainly a function of him being banned in his prime. His power was better, but Wagner in his prime was a better hitter. one of those things that can be debated for a long time