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Originally Posted by kcohen
Ruth - Unprecedented and unparalleled combination of average and power. As a pitcher, eighth best winning percentage in MLB history among pitchers with 1000 innings or more.
As to any possible Yankee Stadium factor, in the three years prior to its construction, Ruth hit 148 dingers when the Yanks played half of their games in the Polo Grounds. The baseball historian narrating the tape at the Babe Ruth Museum in Baltimore, claims that had playing fields been as small as they were in Ruth's day, he would have hit 900.
Ruth #1 - End of discussion.
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There was a book where it says that Ruth under today's rules and ballparks would have hit 104 HRs in 1921.
Here it is:
http://www.amazon.com/Year-Babe-Ruth.../dp/0786719060
Best there ever was. Maybe the best there ever will be.