Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkDavis'Haircut
Except the MLB players at the time played against 75-80% of the best talent available while Negro League players competed against 25% at best.
|
The other thing is that Negro League stats are shoddy, incomplete for obvious reasons.
Take for example John Henry "Pop" Lloyd. Babe Ruth apparently called him the greatest player he ever saw. But nobody knows for sure because Monte Irvin revealed that info in a radio interview he heard.
That's what makes the Negro Leagues so fascinating is there is a mythology, folklore surrounding these players and that's OK. That's not necessarily a bad thing.