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Posted By: jay behrens

As Andrew pointed out, all .400 hitters are not created equal. The people of SABR are looking more and more at the number outs a player creates instead of the traditional numbers to determine the greatness of a hitter. Sisler created far more outs than other hitters of his era. The 1920s saw more .400 hitters than any era except the 19c which had changing and varying rules for what constituted a hit.

Sisler was undoubtable a great hitter, just not in the top 10 all-time.

Jay

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