Cobb vs. The Aces

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Posted By: john/z28jd

I'll give Cobb some help here.When he played in the world series he was facing pitchers hes never seen before all season and teammate Sam Crawford who was a great hitter at the time,only batted .243 in the same playoffs Cobb did. Players now for at least the first 2 rounds are facing guys theyve played against that particular season and because of interleague play they mightve faced their world series opponenent too. Cobb also played in the world series very early in his career so calling him a .367 hitter would be like calling out Barry Bonds for being a 700 home run guy who only hit 1 HR in 20 games while with the Pirates in the playoffs.His career avg stood at .337 by the end of 1909,the last year he played in the world series,and wasnt nearly that high in 1907-08.


Also if you look youll see the 2nd time he faced the same Cubs pitchers in the 1908 world series as he faced the year before he hit .368(well above his career avg at that time) further proving the first point. The last and most obvious thing is that by the time his last playoff game ended he was at the ripe old age of 22,well before what you can consider anyones prime