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Originally Posted by DamnYankees
That's 6 players already who have done it, and 3 who escaped by the skin of their teeth. To be somewhat fair, Al Kaline barely escaped, with a single season of exactly 200 hits.
I'm not really sure what to make of this. All 4 men in our world started their careers well after 1948, the year TWB is in. So we can only surmise there are going to be many more people like this in the TWB world.
My guess is it all ties in with Matt's explanation that while league totals are the same, they are more standard and normalized, with less outliers. Just thought it's an interesting observation, and we should all cherish those years what an ancestor gets 200 hits. It's rare.
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It has to do with that, but also the fact that a lot of early ancestors hit the majors at ages 17-19, which I regret somewhat looking back. Plus a few players got their careers extended due to the war. All the players you listed except Bussell and Turley were ancestors, so IMO, that's the main reason why.