I feel that you guys shortchange Joe D.
I know he wasn't the greatest person and he was a Yankee
Some of you guys give Ted Williams credit for his missing war seasons, but not Joe?
Joe missed 1943-45 in arguably his prime. In 1942 he had a solid season .305/24/114. Give him 3 years of that and he gets 72 hr's and 342 rbi's. Im going to leave his avg as it is but his career Hr total would be 433 and rbi's would be a gaudy 1879 in only 16 seasons. Next if you adjust his home park numbers which killed him, add in his 9 ws and great defense. Now do you feel that under these circumstances he may be considered in the top 10 all time player list.
Just a query
I know he wasn't the greatest person and he was a Yankee
Some of you guys give Ted Williams credit for his missing war seasons, but not Joe?
Joe missed 1943-45 in arguably his prime. In 1942 he had a solid season .305/24/114. Give him 3 years of that and he gets 72 hr's and 342 rbi's. Im going to leave his avg as it is but his career Hr total would be 433 and rbi's would be a gaudy 1879 in only 16 seasons. Next if you adjust his home park numbers which killed him, add in his 9 ws and great defense. Now do you feel that under these circumstances he may be considered in the top 10 all time player list.
Just a query
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