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Posted By: jay behrens

But how do you know that a best player from their era is not very good? Various pepople have tried stats, but there is still no real agreement how to compare players across eras. Given that, I don't have a problem with putting the best player at each position from a given era. They were the best that existed given the circunstances. Ruth would have put up outstanding numbers no matter what era he played in, but do you seriously think that he would have posted the numbers he did if he played in the 60s when pitching dominated the game? Instead, we'd be looking at Jjimmy Foxx as the Sultan of Swat and Ruth would be just another member of the 500 HR club. That is if the combination of greenies and booze didn't kill him first.

Jay

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