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Jim Jackson said:
However, it is UNDENIABLE FACT that Ruth did not play in an MLB that was integrated. Hank Aaron broke Ruth's record in a racially integrated MLB.



hank aaron also never had a year with 50 hrs. he never had to compete with ichiro suzuki. he never had to face lindsey graham. 15 of his seasons had 8 extra games.

you could go on and on with any player, nitpicking and classifying what they face.

if thats what you refer to as "looking at in the appropriate context" then thats cool. nothing wrong with that. but it should be noted that could hold true for any player, which'd, essentially, put them on the same playing field.

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Jim Jackson said:
Guess you're forgetting guys like Roberto Clemente, Juan Marichal, Luis Apparichio (sp?), Dave Concepcion, Fernando Valenzuela...



i'm not forgetting them. i'm pointing out that 5 names over 40 years of elligibility isn't a huge impact (also something that didn't come into play for hank aaron)

scaling a similar percentage back to the 20s, and odds are, you'd see a similar impact.

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