| @Ace_Rockolla: What you say is certainly true. But it also applies to all of Ruth's contemporaries. So the absence of the type of quality pitching we're used to doesn't detract from the fact that he hit almost twice as many HRs in the 20's as any other player in MLB. Consider also that Ruth set the single season HR record in 1919 with 29; and broke that record the next year with 54! No one else in the majors even hit 20 that year! In fact, in 1920, the Phillies were the only TEAM (other than the Yanks, obviously) that had more Homers than Ruth. In 1921, when Ruth hit 59, no one else had 30. Seven teams hit less than 59. Fast forward to 1927 when Ruth hit 60. Only one other AL player hit over 20, his teammate Lou Gehrig. Other than the Yanks, no AL team hit over 56. If a player is to be measured by his contemporaries, Ruth has no peer, and never will. |
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