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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
Cobb while was great player (probably in the top 5 all time)he was nowhere near as dominant as Babe. As a matter of fact Tris Speaker's numbers while not quite as good as Cobbs were in the same ballpark with him
Cobb's averages over 24 seasons
120 runs 224 hits 39 2bs 16 3bs 6 hrs 103 rbis 48 sbs .366avg .433 obp .512 slg
Tris Speakers averages over 22 seasons in the same era
109 runs 204 hits 46 2bs 13 3bs 7hrs 90 rbis 25 sbs .345avg .428 obp .500 slg
While Cobb has the better numbers he isn't that far superior to Speaker who was also known as the best fielding outfielder of the turn of the century players.
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While I have no problem admitting Speaker as being one of the very best at the time, I really think what Cobb did went beyond numbers. How could Tris bunt compared to Cobb? Cobb ruled the bases and forced countless errors on his opponents part.
I just don't see where the Babe was so much more dominant beside the case of smashing homeruns and that was mostly just coming out of the dead-ball era. Rogers Hornsby or Lou Gehrig or George Sisler or were no slouches themselves.
Do you know the amount of stat records they both held at their retirements?