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Old 02-28-2007, 10:40 PM
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Default Shoeless Joe Jackson

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Jackson:

Career G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG
13 Years 1,332 4,981 873 1,772 307 168 54 785 519 158 .356 .423 .517


Rose (first 13 years):

Totals G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG
1st 13 Years 2022 8221 1329 2547 441 99 124 775 871 773 .309 .376 .433

Jackson had approximately .61 as many at bats as Rose after 13 years. Here are Roses numbers x .61 to make this more of an apples to apples comparison (ignoring the fact that Jackson played in the deadball era and ignoring any flaws in this less than scientific comparison):

Totals G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG
61% of 13 yr. totals 1233 5015 811 1554 269 60 76 473 531 472 .310 .376 .433

Granted, this "analysis" doesnt take into account Rose's longevity or consider whether Jackson would have been able to keep it going at a consistently high level for an additional 13 years. Nevertheless, it certainly shows that even playing in the deadball era, Jackson outpaced Rose in nearly every statisical catagory, including hits (1772 to 1554), 2b (307 to 269), 3b (168 to 60), RBI (785 to 473), SO (158 to 472). As to the power numbers, again, comparing a deadball hitter to Rose, Jackson outpaced Rose in every category except HRs (54 to 76). The difference in Avg, OBP and SLG is simply ridiculous.


Edited to note that for some reason, I cant get the categories to line up correctly after I post.

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