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Originally Posted by Tabe
Your point was that Cobb had home run power early in his career. I was pointing how misleading those numbers are.
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He had power to slam the ball deep enough into the gaps to be able to clear the bases and score himself. In his day, that was power. It's not like there were guys who were hitting 20 (or even 15) over the fence home runs in those days.
As I stated, relative to his time and peers, Cobb had power.