Greatest ever. HOF pitching numbers, didn't become regular batter till age 26. Not completely "dead", but much more sluggish ball. Terrible bats. Massive parks. Horrible travel. No nutrition, team workouts, or video to study. GREAT pitchers, spitballs legal. Babe lost dozens of HRs due to existent "foul" rules. He was NOT a strictly pull hitter, hit HRs every part of field. Again, simply the greatest ever. Read the book, "The Year BR Hit 100 HRs", and you'll see. Astounding.
You are delusional, ttettleton. Baseballs are wound much tighter today, and fly farther now. Ruth would dominate today's game just as he did in the past ---perhaps even more. Imagine Ruth with a 33-34-ounce bat, modern weight training and nutrition, and today's much smaller ballparks. Not to mention today's diluted talent due to 30 MLB staffs of 11 pitchers per team.
@tubage07 diluted talent? as compared to 1920 or 30? ha! baseball is a profession now. it was a game back then. you can take any organization pick 10 random pitchers and you will find more pure "talent" than any pitching staff from that day and age. guranteed
Babe was the man! I disagree with you ttettleton2 Modern people always think things are so much better now, than those back then. We always think we are so sophisticated than those before us, but just the opposite is true in that their generation is classier than people now. We are not evolving but de-volving into beasts...just look at our 'music' and the horror in our newsreels! The 21st century athletes live on drugs, pills and steroids! Wish you were here Babe Ruth!
Yes, Ruth DID play against black people, whose skill and verve he admired. He also dominated them, just as he dominated white opponents. Ruth was criticized for playing against black players, for praising them, and for suggesting that allowing them to play in the major leagues would increase attendance.
Well with Ruths Attitude Ide Doubt he even use all the extra accesories Players are giving today..Lets not forget he Was Lazy..and Hit that many Hrs Despite that Also Lets not forget that same video He'd be seeing Soo would the pitchers if not even more than he is as video is used more by pitchers..With all that said Wow Sos much Raw power in that Swing!
Imagine Babe with a 33 oz. bat, access to modern weight rooms and personal trainers, video of all his at-bats and of all the pitchers he would be facing, modern supplements (legal!), etc. And in today's much smaller parks.
@ttettleton2 Christy Matthewson, Lefty Gomez, Walter Johnson, Grover Alexander, Cy Young, Eddie Plank, Three Finger Brown, Ed Walsh (career 1.82 ERA) Dont forget it was the dead ball era.
Who do you have now who completely dominate? Cliff Lee, Roy Halladay, Sabathia or Carpenter maybe, not too many more people you see ending their career that started in the 90s or late 80s end with a career era under 2.50.
@CombatMTv3 You do realize most of the hitters sucked back then too right? Maybe they were better relative to the talent they played against but overall, all the talent in the majors and all of organized baseball has gone up greatly since then. There's no way Ruth would be able to get a 48oz bat around on a 95 MPH fastball. Even though there is no way of proving this, if any pitcher from now went and pitched back then, they would put up way better numbers than the pitchers you just named.
@ttettleton2 ball parks were huge compared to todays small ball parks, center at yankee stadium during ruth's era was 490 feet compared to 408 today, so yeah bigger ballparks help pitchers get outs that would be homeruns today.
@doz222 and @bjoshoees baseballs were wound much tighter in this era compared to today's standard baseball, so balls flew a lot farther and went a lot faster than they do today as well. I'm not knocking his achievements in anyway, he was clearly the best hitter of his era; however I do not think he could make it in the MLB today because of previously mentioned reasons.
@tubage07 Agreed for the most part, but as for smaller parks, the ORIGINAL Yankee stadium of the 20's was less than 300 ft. down the lines (257ft the year it opened!).....and the Polo Grounds was even smaller! If you were a pull hitter, as Ruth was, ballparks were actually smaller in the 20s and 30s for pull hitters. Just clarifying that point.
Bill Jenkinson estimates that Ruth lost far more home runs due to the dimensions of YS overall. It was 429 to RCF, 462 to CF, 490 just to the left of CF, 460 in LCF, 450 to the LF corner of the bleachers, and 395 at the edge of the LF grandstand. Where would you pitch Ruth in such a park, when it was 295 down the RF line, and 350 to RF at the RF bleacher exit?
In today's parks, you would have nowhere to pitch Ruth. Jenkinson estimates 1,158 HRs for Ruth in current ball parks.
that explains the 714 career home runs, if he would've played in parks w/today's outfield dimensions, and under today's rules, he might have 1000 or more home runs
Greatest ever. HOF pitching numbers, didn't become regular batter till age 26. Not completely "dead", but much more sluggish ball. Terrible bats. Massive parks. Horrible travel. No nutrition, team workouts, or video to study. GREAT pitchers, spitballs legal. Babe lost dozens of HRs due to existent "foul" rules. He was NOT a strictly pull hitter, hit HRs every part of field. Again, simply the greatest ever. Read the book, "The Year BR Hit 100 HRs", and you'll see. Astounding.
bionicbigfoot 1 month ago
You are delusional, ttettleton. Baseballs are wound much tighter today, and fly farther now. Ruth would dominate today's game just as he did in the past ---perhaps even more. Imagine Ruth with a 33-34-ounce bat, modern weight training and nutrition, and today's much smaller ballparks. Not to mention today's diluted talent due to 30 MLB staffs of 11 pitchers per team.
tubage07 1 year ago
@tubage07 diluted talent? as compared to 1920 or 30? ha! baseball is a profession now. it was a game back then. you can take any organization pick 10 random pitchers and you will find more pure "talent" than any pitching staff from that day and age. guranteed
hinkie07 4 months ago
Babe was the man! I disagree with you ttettleton2 Modern people always think things are so much better now, than those back then. We always think we are so sophisticated than those before us, but just the opposite is true in that their generation is classier than people now. We are not evolving but de-volving into beasts...just look at our 'music' and the horror in our newsreels! The 21st century athletes live on drugs, pills and steroids! Wish you were here Babe Ruth!
bjoshees 1 year ago
lmfao. he would have 900.. NOT 1200 to 1300. If bonds played with the reds. HED have 1200
mee11mee 1 year ago
Babe Ruth never played against black people
floogmasterflex 1 year ago
@floogmasterflex
Yes, Ruth DID play against black people, whose skill and verve he admired. He also dominated them, just as he dominated white opponents. Ruth was criticized for playing against black players, for praising them, and for suggesting that allowing them to play in the major leagues would increase attendance.
tubage07 1 year ago
Well with Ruths Attitude Ide Doubt he even use all the extra accesories Players are giving today..Lets not forget he Was Lazy..and Hit that many Hrs Despite that Also Lets not forget that same video He'd be seeing Soo would the pitchers if not even more than he is as video is used more by pitchers..With all that said Wow Sos much Raw power in that Swing!
dat3nikid 1 year ago
Imagine Babe with a 33 oz. bat, access to modern weight rooms and personal trainers, video of all his at-bats and of all the pitchers he would be facing, modern supplements (legal!), etc. And in today's much smaller parks.
Hittracker would explode.
tubage07 2 years ago
@tubage07 i'd say 800+ homers.
CombatMTv3 1 year ago
@tubage07 Plus dont forget about the pitching, it was much tougher in his time than it is today.
CombatMTv3 1 year ago
@CombatMTv3 are you kidding?! how was pitching tougher back then than now???
ttettleton2 1 year ago
@ttettleton2 Christy Matthewson, Lefty Gomez, Walter Johnson, Grover Alexander, Cy Young, Eddie Plank, Three Finger Brown, Ed Walsh (career 1.82 ERA) Dont forget it was the dead ball era.
Who do you have now who completely dominate? Cliff Lee, Roy Halladay, Sabathia or Carpenter maybe, not too many more people you see ending their career that started in the 90s or late 80s end with a career era under 2.50.
CombatMTv3 1 year ago
@CombatMTv3 You do realize most of the hitters sucked back then too right? Maybe they were better relative to the talent they played against but overall, all the talent in the majors and all of organized baseball has gone up greatly since then. There's no way Ruth would be able to get a 48oz bat around on a 95 MPH fastball. Even though there is no way of proving this, if any pitcher from now went and pitched back then, they would put up way better numbers than the pitchers you just named.
ttettleton2 1 year ago
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@ttettleton2 "You do realize most of the hitters sucked back then too right?"
Quite frankly, your knowledge of past players appears to be severely lacking.
Mechanized0 1 month ago
@ttettleton2 ball parks were huge compared to todays small ball parks, center at yankee stadium during ruth's era was 490 feet compared to 408 today, so yeah bigger ballparks help pitchers get outs that would be homeruns today.
doz222 1 year ago
@doz222 and @bjoshoees baseballs were wound much tighter in this era compared to today's standard baseball, so balls flew a lot farther and went a lot faster than they do today as well. I'm not knocking his achievements in anyway, he was clearly the best hitter of his era; however I do not think he could make it in the MLB today because of previously mentioned reasons.
ttettleton2 1 year ago
@ttettleton2 wrong - ness .
RisingSon011 1 year ago
@tubage07 Agreed for the most part, but as for smaller parks, the ORIGINAL Yankee stadium of the 20's was less than 300 ft. down the lines (257ft the year it opened!).....and the Polo Grounds was even smaller! If you were a pull hitter, as Ruth was, ballparks were actually smaller in the 20s and 30s for pull hitters. Just clarifying that point.
guitymon 1 year ago
@guitymon
Bill Jenkinson estimates that Ruth lost far more home runs due to the dimensions of YS overall. It was 429 to RCF, 462 to CF, 490 just to the left of CF, 460 in LCF, 450 to the LF corner of the bleachers, and 395 at the edge of the LF grandstand. Where would you pitch Ruth in such a park, when it was 295 down the RF line, and 350 to RF at the RF bleacher exit?
In today's parks, you would have nowhere to pitch Ruth. Jenkinson estimates 1,158 HRs for Ruth in current ball parks.
tubage07 1 year ago
@tubage07 not to mention it was a dead ball era balls didnt fly out of parks on popups oh yea and no steroids
sciontcdude 1 year ago
beyond human- ruth was larger than life
LearnToTurn7 2 years ago
how big is his bat?
DeclanRays 3 years ago
I think i heard it was 36", 42 ounces
LearnToTurn7 2 years ago
that explains the 714 career home runs, if he would've played in parks w/today's outfield dimensions, and under today's rules, he might have 1000 or more home runs
LearnToTurn7 3 years ago
And this is slo-mo.
donpjen515 4 years ago
How far do you suppose that baseball flew...? Probably still goin
bionicbigfoot 4 years ago