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Originally Posted by dynaboyj
Also--you mentioned somewhere that, despite many surprises when it comes to the development engine, Shoeless Joe and Eddie Collins always did well in a historical league with it on. How did they do here?
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I should have checked back in before I made that statement.
Collins really had two distinct halves to his career. For the first 10 years Collins was great, hitting .360+ a few years. A couple of injuries and he turned into a .280 hitter, then a .230 hitter, then a bench player. He did get 2820 hits and hit .303 for his career with 461 stolen bases, but his totals really were 90% from those first 10 excellent years.
Shoeless Joe hit .306 for his career with 2003 career hits and 314 stolen bases. Injuries took a big toll though - back injury (4 months), concussion (5 months), radial nerve compression (5 months), back injury (5 months).