I do realize that stat keeping in the ***** leagues was very unreliable, but, does anybody know a good site that has some sort of statistics for that period. Unfortunately most of the stars never made it to the Majors. I was just curious, even if the stats are inconsistent or unreliable. I know trying to compare Satchel Paige to Walter Johnson is not accurate using stats.
I go by word of mouth from the stars themselves. Guys like Johnson, Wagner, Ruth were honoured to be mentioned as comparisons to the ***** stars. Tells you how good they were.
Wonder if Bonds is honoured to be mentioned with Aaron or Ruth?
2007-06-02 04:17:40 · 3 answers · asked by RAY B 4 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Thanks Chipmaker...
Im a huge baseball fan, love the historical aspect to it more than todays game. Read everything, but finding a good set of laid out ***** league stats has been impossible. (obvious why)
2007-06-02 04:52:36 · update #1
The NLBPA is a good place to start.
To respond to your other point, I have no doubt in my mind that ***** league stars were as good if not better than the people you've named; Ruth included. It puts a bigger cloud on ML stats of the time than the steroid cloud of today. All of baseball was significantly affected when Jackie broke in, if it had happened 50 years earlier, we might be looking at a completely different Hall of Fame.
2007-06-02 04:34:52 · answer #1 · answered by GOB BLUTH 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Alas, BR.com does not have ***** League stats. Maybe someday.
As part of the preparation for the 2006 Special Committee voting, the Hall and MLB sponsored research into compiling the most complete ***** League statistics (for league-sanctioned games) yet undertaken. Stats for the candidates included in that special election are available on the Hall's website in PDF format, but dang you gotta dig to find 'em. Here's links, and remember, this is only for players who were on those ballots (so no Paige or Gibson or Bell, as they were already honorees):
Hitters: http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/candidate_info/NLBatters.pdf (Buck O'Neill is on pp. 7-8)
Pitchers: http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/candidate_info/NLPitchers.pdf
Better than nothing.
2007-06-02 04:34:38 · answer #2 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Baseball Encyclapedia has as many stats as are available.
www.baseball-reference.com may have ***** League stats.
2007-06-02 04:22:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋