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Richard L.The Cobb/Ruth match-up is a tough one to call. Cobb started
his career a bit earlier and before the big homerun seasons.
Ruth started out as a pitcher(a darn good one too) and one
could say he "invented" the big homerun season after being
converted to an outfielder. Here are some stats from
baseballreference.com
Based on a 162 game season average
(although the season was 154 games then).
I find it interesting Ruth averaged 40 more HR's
per season, but only 40 RBI's more per season.
ab h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so avg ob% slug.%
COBB 610 224 39 16 6 103 67 19 366 434 512
RUTH 544 186 33 9 46 143 133 86 342 474 690
Led League:
Cobb:------------- Ruth:
hits-8------------ hr-12
rbi-4------------- rbi-6
total bases-6----- total bases-6
batting-11-------- slugging-13
rbi per hr ratio:
Cobb 16 to 1
Ruth 3 to 1