“Negro Leaguers are Major Leaguers” would be a laudable sentiment. Recognizing the individuals who were unfairly discriminated against and giving them their due - very few people who are students of baseball history oppose that. (Although one might question whether, for example, putting Josh Gibson on a career HR leader board with 165 actually accomplishes anything with respect to fairly representing Josh Gibson’s ability as a player).
To me, the best comparison seems to be the current Nippon League. There are plenty of guys from that league who can come over and not only compete, but excel (Ichiro, Ohtani, etc). But, to say it is a major league and lump it's stats with the AL/NL would be wrong (though I'd love to see Ichiro as the all-time hit leader!) It is undoubtedly a shame what happened to so many throughout US/world/baseball history, but, this doesn't seem to help anything.
If you think that is bad, look at the rate stats!
To me, the best comparison seems to be the current Nippon League. There are plenty of guys from that league who can come over and not only compete, but excel (Ichiro, Ohtani, etc). But, to say it is a major league and lump it's stats with the AL/NL would be wrong (though I'd love to see Ichiro as the all-time hit leader!) It is undoubtedly a shame what happened to so many throughout US/world/baseball history, but, this doesn't seem to help anything.