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Posted By: Chris

Well Andrew, If you can't compare those two eras you can't compare those two eras with today. Or those eras with the 50's. Or those with the 40's. Come on Andrew. All eras have some differences. Why is it acceptable for players in Honus' era to not walk but not acceptable in the 20's? I would think it would have been more important in the deadball era to draw a walk. You have convinced me of one thing though, since players tended to strike out more in the 20's, I stand corrected that Sisler must have been a free swinger for striking out a whopping 327 times during his career. Think about it Andrew, 327 career strikeouts. That is NOT a free swinger. You don't strikeout that few times by swinging at bad pitches. I guess you don't want to concede on that though so I will concede and say George Sisler was one of the great free swingers the game has known. Right up there with Dave Kingman. As far as triples and doubles equalling speed in the pre 20's, I don't know if I totally agree with that as the fields were so much larger then. I think it was more speed when you got douples and triples. That part of the game was different as well. A double or triple then is not what a double or triple now is in all cases. By the way since you can't compare one era to another let's just compare Sisler to his own error before his eye problem. 1917 2nd in league BA. 1918 3rd. 1919 3rd. 1920 1st. 1921 4th. 1922 1st. Lastly since you are such a big OPS guy as judging a players hitting ability. 1917-1919 4th. 1920 2nd. 1921 6th. and 1922 3rd. Do those stats make him a free swinger? George Sisler may not be one of the ten greatest hitters of all time but for you to call him a free swinger is just silly. There are no stats you can throw out to back that claim up. He didn't strike out much. He was among the league leaders in OPS, BA, hits, total bases. You don't have to call Sisler one of the 10 greatest hitters but please stop calling him a free swinger. It doesn't make sense.