Thread: Foxx vs Gehrig
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Old 02-12-2011, 03:47 PM
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Foxx appears to have benefitted greatly from his home parks whereas despite the short LF porch of Yankee Stadium Gehrig actually hit better on the road.

Foxx home: .345 BA/.453 OBP/.663 SA road: .307/.405/.561
Gehrig home: .329/.436/.620 road: .351/.458/.644

I'm not sure how much batting behind Ruth helped except that it must have helped his RBI total a great deal. I'd think the arrangement would have been more beneficial to Ruth.

Obviously Foxx would be more famous if he had been a Yankee and I think Gehrig gets a little too much "credit" for his streak but it's also obvious (to me anyway) that Gehrig was the better hitter.
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