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Originally Posted by Prodigal Son
It's not a matter of how many HR's and hits a guy got in the minors. Even 30 HR or 200 H would be enough to change the HoF fortunes for some guys. The magnitude is really irrelevant. If you're fair, you're fair. Why should Ryan Howard not have his minors numbers converted?
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Because Ryan Howard was stuck in the minors for a period of time due to lack of skill, not due to being Japanese or black or Cuban. Anyway, I don't really have a problem with taking full-on minor league numbers into account. They sure make a good case for Lefty Grove being perhaps the best pitcher in the history of baseball. And as stated, if you're going to count what Hoss Radbourn was in as "major league", I'm not sure how you can exclude the Japanese League.