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Originally Posted by Balticfox
Why? I have no wish to denigrate the legendary Honus Wagner but Ty Cobb's lifetime batting average and OPS were .388 and .944 were higher than Honus Wagner's marks of .328 and .862 respectively. Moreover Ty Cobb's record for lifetime hits wasn't broken until Pete Rose did so in 1985. Finally Ty Cobb is still #4 (#3 under the present day definition) in the all-important category of stolen bases.
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My apologies; I had to spend 5 minutes scrolling up looking for the context of what I wrote in January:
I wouldn't split hairs if you want to call Cobb the greater player - ok. Most would agree.
But Cobb was not more popular than Wagner to fans of the day. It's not as if Cobb were Cobb and Wagner was a Harold Baines level HOF'er. He's kind of up there.
I forget the premise detail points that have already been made, but as we know - card values aren't necessarily a direct tie to a player's accomplishments on the field in equal measure with other players.
