Was Hank Aaron better than Babe Ruth?

[prestigecollectibles]

Originally Posted by Zone91

What about this guy Hoshi Gangu he had 868 home runs during his career in Japan?

Post # 9

Sadaharu Oh hit 868 home runs in Japan. Hoshi Gangu was the name of a card maker.

[HRBAKER]

We can move that to the Best All-Time Net54 Lines thread.

[Zone91]

Hahahaha lollll my mistake never really heard of the guy till today.

Post # 10

[Orioles1954]

All of the above. What a clown.

[Zone91]

Orioles1954

No need for bad words just made a error it happens!!!

Post # 11

[howard38]

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[Exhibitman]

Hank Aaron is an alltime great and a personal favorite of mine but comparing him to Babe Ruth just isn't fair. Ruth is the greatest baseball player who ever lived. He was a god among insects, playing MLB like little league, pitching and hitting at the very top tier of the game. No one else has done that. I doubt anyone will ever do it again. With all due respect to Mays, Aaron, Clemente, Williams, Cobb--all ATGs--when they can pitch at HOF caliber, then they can be mentioned in the same sentence as Ruth. Until then the call isn't even close.

[Sean]

IMO Ruth was by far the best.
If you made a list of the ten best all-time, whomever you put second (Cobb, Wagner, Mays, etc.), that #2 player would be closer in talent to the #10 player than he would be to Ruth. No one is close to the Babe.

[EvilKing00]

Originally Posted by Sean

IMO Ruth was by far the best.
If you made a list of the ten best all-time, whomever you put second (Cobb, Wagner, Mays, etc.), that #2 player would be closer in talent to the #10 player than he would be to Ruth. No one is close to the Babe.

2ed best player ever would be an interesting conversation.

Leaving PED's off the table and looking at numbers - I would say Bonds would be 2ed, but if we are excluding PED's, im thinking Ted Williams

[Vintageclout]

Let's end this argument right now in favor of Babe Ruth: Babe Ruth COULD strike out Hank Aaron & the Babe would have been a Hall of Fame PITCHER had he not been converted to a fulltime outfielder! Any ballplayer that could virtually "out-homer" an entire league for several seasons, hit over 700 HR's and over a 5 year-period be one of the game's foremost pitchers IS the greatest player EVER....PERIOD!

Joe T.

[KCRfan1]

Originally Posted by Vintageclout

Let's end this argument right now in favor of Babe Ruth: Babe Ruth COULD strike out Hank Aaron & the Babe would have been a Hall of Fame PITCHER had he not been converted to a fulltime outfielder! Any ballplayer that could virtually "out-homer" an entire league for several seasons, hit over 700 HR's and over a 5 year-period be one of the game's foremost pitchers IS the greatest player EVER....PERIOD!

Joe T.

Joe, it's a POLL.....no right and wrong answer. We're just making a selection ( of our own opinion ) from what was provided to us.

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by Vintageclout

Let's end this argument right now in favor of Babe Ruth: Babe Ruth COULD strike out Hank Aaron & the Babe would have been a Hall of Fame PITCHER had he not been converted to a fulltime outfielder! Any ballplayer that could virtually "out-homer" an entire league for several seasons, hit over 700 HR's and over a 5 year-period be one of the game's foremost pitchers IS the greatest player EVER....PERIOD!

Joe T.

Maybe Babe being one of the best pitchers in his day and the best power hitter says more about the lack of overall talent in Ruth's day than it does about his abilities.

Could you see somebody doing that today? Or hell, back in 1960, would you even entertain the possibility that Whitey Ford could pick up a bat, and immediately be the best power hitter in the game?