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jay behrensI jsut went with the three obvious one, trying not to bore everyone to death. Here are some more, all normalized...
Isolated power (this is 2B, 3B and HR divided by AB)
Ruth 199.0%(1) Cobb 58.8%(78) Wagner 68.9%(43)
Gavvy Cravath was tops for deadball era players and was 6th overall. Joe Jackson was second and 13th overall. Third is Sam Crawford. He was 23th overall. Wagner was 8th overall for BDers and Cobb was 17th.
The only normalized numbers I have for SBs are Pete Palmers linear weighted numbers. Ruth was -1.2, Cobb +0.2 and Wagner was 0.0. (The number is the number wins the player's base stealing was responsible for. This means that Ruth's base stealing actually cost his team a win over the course of his career.
The only normailized fielding numbers are also Palmer's Defensive wins. Ruth was -2.0, Cobb +5.0, Wagner +8.8.
As for Ruth pitching, once again referning to Palmer's linear weights. Ruth never have fewer than 6.5 wins in a year during the years he pitched. An average of 6.0 wins over 10 years would have landed him in the top 100 pitcher of all time.
Jay
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