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Originally Posted by jaxmagicman
I think the ERA question answered about the talent, but there is still the fact that there were no black players or domnincans or any other race playing. If the league was not segregated I would believe his numbers more. But as of now I will put him at number 2 until someone convinces me that there having a league where only whites played didn't help Ruth's numbers look better.
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That's assuming that blacks and hispanics are better baseball players than whites are. I don't think they are. There are blacks and hispanics who are really good, and there are blacks and hispanics who are Neifi Perez and Korey Patterson. To me, when judging the best hitter or player, you can't use what if scenarios, you have to look about what they actually did in the context of their time. No one dominated the game the way that Babe Ruth did when he played.