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Old 05-30-2024, 04:42 PM
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If the Negro Leagues were better than MLB players, how do people explain that Jackie Robinson hit .387 in his one year in the Negro Leagues but his highest average in the weaker MLB was only .342?

If he were playing against inferior players shouldn’t his average have gone up?

Willie Mays highest batting average was .347 in 1958. Shouldn’t he have hit at least .400 playing against weaker competition?