Posted By:
Ted ZanidakisPETER
Josh K brings up a great point......with only 16 teams in the Majors and a huge Farm system
behind them, competition to get into the Majors was huge back then. Pitchers like Alexander,
Plank, and CYoung were 23, 24, or 25 when they entered the "Bigs".
Babe Ruth was only a teenager (18 or 19) when he started pitching for the Boston Americans.
Ruth is certainly the most amazing sports figure in America in the 1st half of the 20th Century.
And, is right up there with Teddy Roosevelt, his cousin FDR, and Thomas Edison as the greatest
Americans of that period.
TED Z