Which pre-war stars could play today?

Touch'EmAll · #28 01-21-2011, 12:02 PM

The most likely type of yesteryear player to make it today would be singles hitters - more of just a pure hand/eye coordination issue. I doubt if athlete hand/eye coordination has improved over the years like strength.

The strength required to be a top HR hitter today - I don't know if many prewar players could bring that to the table successfully.

Ty Cobb - time warp him up - would be been Pete Rose/Rod Carew.
Rogers Hornsby - time warp him up - would be George Brett/Tony Gwynn.

Cobb would have to lay off the basepath tactics/antics, however. Today he would get his ass so fast picked off and thrown out it would make his head spin.

And Mr. Walter Johnson & Mr. Cy Young would have to "bring it" on most every single pitch nowadays - no more laying off until they needed it mentality enabling them to stockpile mind boggling Inning Pitched and Wins totals.

Pitcher wise, I would be comfortable that Satchell Paige and Lefty Grove would be in a starting rotation today. Tables turned, how many no-hitters do you think Nolan Ryan would have had back then?

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