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Originally Posted by OutS|der
You're right we have no way to account for thin talent levels Babe Ruth played against.
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I realize that this was just a snarky attempt to own someone on the internet, but you are correct that the talent levels that Ruth faced were lower than what Williams and Dimaggio faced in the 40s, and Mantle and Mays faced in the 50s.
But if we are comparing the relative talent levels between MLB and the NNL at any particular year in history, the talent levels in the NNL are clearly going to be a lot lower simply because they are pulling players from a much smaller pool of talent (i.e. 10% of the country vs 90%)