1800s baseball is equivilant to high school ball today
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 8:42 pmIn the 1870s there were maybe a couple of thousand kids in the world who grew up playing baseball. Now 20 million kids around the world play baseball. Furthermore, in the 1800s you had to be "white" to play. What would that look like today? It would mean white guys in single A ball could make the MLB because all the Hispanic players, all the black players, all the Asian and foreign players would be gone. .
This is not even up for debate, it is a numbers game. Baseballs' player pool this century is at least 20 million kids (each year) growing up playing the game. The player pool in 1899 was maybe a few thousand. If you can't understand these facts, you are mathematically and logically challenged.
Mike Trout has faced more pitchers in the last two seasons (18-19) than Lou Gherig faced in his whole career.
Guys like Ross Barnes, Bill Dahlen, and Hugh Duffy would have trouble batting .440 against today's best high school pitchers.
Even Babe Ruth faced mostly pitchers who would not be able to sign a minor league contract today.
This is not even up for debate, it is a numbers game. Baseballs' player pool this century is at least 20 million kids (each year) growing up playing the game. The player pool in 1899 was maybe a few thousand. If you can't understand these facts, you are mathematically and logically challenged.
Mike Trout has faced more pitchers in the last two seasons (18-19) than Lou Gherig faced in his whole career.
Guys like Ross Barnes, Bill Dahlen, and Hugh Duffy would have trouble batting .440 against today's best high school pitchers.
Even Babe Ruth faced mostly pitchers who would not be able to sign a minor league contract today.