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Who would you say is the best baseball player ever to never play Major League Baseball?

I've got 2: Josh Gibson, and Sadaharu Oh.

Oh hit well over 800 homers playing in Japan during his whole career, long before the current rush of Japanese ballplayers in the bigs,

Gibson was one of the most prolific hitters ever. I think Connie Mack once said that if Gibson were coming in as a rookie, and white, he could name his price. Discrimination kept him out of the majors and robbed us of one of the all time best.

What do you think?
"Baseball gives you every chance to be great. Then it puts every pressure on you to prove that you haven't got what it takes. It never takes away that chance and it never eases up on the pressure." -Joe Garagiola
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I agree with you guys about those picks. Who are more Japanese guys who could be on this list? There was one guy, 'The Japanese Babe Ruth' who died in WWII. I totally forgot his name, does anyone know who I'm talking about?

Supposedly, his card would be the most valuable ever, due to the rarity of '30s Japanese cards, and how few were made of him. (plus his legend status) Any ideas who this guy is? Or if he belongs on the list?

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