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Message: [QUOTE="Knicks411, post: 3025829, member: 767"] Mantle's actual # were pretty damn good, even up till the end. Just the entire game had changed to one that was really pitching heavy, and I don't think a lot of people noticed his OBP. He was 9th in the AL in 68 in OPS, just the league had a 637 OPS as a whole. I really do wonder how close to Ruth Williams could've gotten without the missed time to war. He missed all of 43-45, he hit basically 38 HR the year before and the year after he came back; he could easily be projected for 110 or so there. Also missed nearly all of 52 and 80% of 53, maybe another 50 there? So you probably can't really get him to 714, but he probably ends up ahead of where Mays finished. [/QUOTE]