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GeoWilliam750

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6. Then there is the question of over what time period

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu May 18, 2017, 10:32 PM

May 2017

Total career or peak few years or peak year?

Ted Williams is hard to argue against in any of the above time frames, but Ichiro, Cobb, Hornsby, Klein, Aaron, Mays, Gehrig, (even Rose) could all be considered.

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Let's start an all-time rhubarb. Greatest hitter of all time: [View all] kairos12 May 2017 OP

No doubt. bmbmd May 2017 #1

Ichiro!!! NightWatcher May 2017 #2

Good choice. kairos12 May 2017 #5

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Ty Cobb gopiscrap May 2017 #4

Then there is the question of over what time period GeoWilliam750 May 2017 #6

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