Posted By:
Anson"If card prices reflect greatness, they should be well above Cobb's, and nearly at Ruthian levels"
How do you figure? Not to take anything away from Wagner but I still see no basis for elevating Wagner above Cobb or near Ruth. None. I know there is some danger in working strictly off statistics, but first-hand accounts are subjective too. After all, McGraw called Collins the best ballplayer he'd ever seen; Mack said he was the best second baseman by far. So, did he dominate any less at his position?
Wagner's stats are very nice but it's stretching it a whole bunch to say that he was greater than Cobb. Removing stolen bases out of the equation, I can rattle off quite a few other players that have numbers that are just as nice.