I think George Archie probably lost as many or more days in a major league uniform than any of the great players mentioned above. Those guys up there lost some playing time.
I like to think Mr. Musial would have gotten over the 500 mark in home runs, and reached 2000+ with runs and RBIs. Spahn gets 400 wins. Ted W adds to his stelar numbers. And George Archie builds a career to the extent that some folks would have heard of him. As it was, he had a pretty good batting eye, could field a bit, and was mired down in the minors of the Tigers system unable to advance because of Hank Greenberg. Landis declared Archie to be free of the Tigers system, although a bit too late... and then came the war.
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