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Prof. Toru Tanaka

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5. I have no doubt if Cobb

Reply to Yavin4 (Reply #4)

Sun May 2, 2021, 05:23 PM

May 2021

had played in modern times like Rose, he still would excelled.

I don't think he would have hit .366 lifetime but he very well could have hit in the .330-.340 range like Tony Gwynn and Wade Boggs.
Not saying Rose isn't an all-time great player; without the gambling issues, he's a no-brainer first ballot Hall-of-Famer.
Take a look at their stat lines across the board and tell me Cobb isn't the overall superior player.

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