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Of course Ruth would have been Ruth, just with less homers. I'm sure he still would have hit the most, only "less-most". There is no way of knowing how many Josh Gibson would have hit. 250? 350? Eric Chalek's MLEs says 506, so I guess that's reasonable. For what it's worth, the same source figures Paige to win 293. In an integrated universe there are more good players available to push out the less talented, so both bad white players AND bad black players would be losing their jobs. And this would work against the numbers of the Negro Leaguers, too...I'm sure Oscar Charleston wouldn't outdo Ty Cobb's lifetime average, no matter how much lower each of their numbers "would" have been. And as you say, Great is great no matter what league they played in, but for me I don't enjoy playing seasons before 1951. Not saying that anyone should feel as I do, though, play and enjoy how you like.
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