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Posted By: Aaron Cowan

Ruth hit more home runs than entire teams...thats pretty impressive. Also, sometimes being the best hitter doesn't involve getting a hit. A walk can never be an out. That's one thing I've never understood about Bonds: why walk him 80% of the time when 60-70% of the time he will make an out. OBP is the true measure of an effective batter.

Also, Lefty O'Doul put his number up in basically four good years and really only played six years. He played in a time of inflated BAs and is as close to getting into the HOF as Maris.

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