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BryanYour right Jay, not sure what I was thinking. I reread the posts and not much for personal attacks. (Although you did remove the "what color is the sky where you are from comment.") No big deal though.
Good job on comparing the stats. Only problem is those three stats paint a very small picture. There is so much more to a baseball player than that. I would like to see the comparison for stats across the board (fielding, base stealing, strikeouts, ect...)
I am stiking to my guns on him being a pitcher. Compare the pitchers of that time period and you will see Ruth is not one of the best. And someone please look up Joe Wood. His short stint at pitching blows Ruth out of the water.
Although on the other hand if Ruth stayed as a pitcher he may have gone on to become one of the greats. You never know. Just like he may have been a failure if he played 15 years earlier.
This whole debate came from my comment on how I thought Ruth isn't necessarily the best player to build a dynasty. He had a lot of help in accomplishing what he did. Having the rest of the Yankee line up probobly helped is cause greatly. I think Ruth was a man who definately made the best out of the situation he was in. Guess that is all that anyone can ever expect of somebody.