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Originally Posted by Rainger99
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?
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Hard to say. Records are very important in baseball and no way to directly compare the two leagues.
That is why my thought is put the outstanding players in the hall of fame and call it a day