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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

Certainly we all have our opinions, but mine is that if Jackson played in the twenties nothing would have changed our current views of him. This is because Ruth and Hornsby own the twenties. Hornsby averaged over 200 hits per season fron '20-'29 (2085 total for the decade); while Ruth hit 516 HRs between 1920 - 1930. Joe could match neither of those performances.

He therefore would not have improved his standing in the eyes of a fan, and could have hurt his position.