Deadball Era Heroes: The Home Run Champ

[mrreality68]

Good reminder/lesson in early baseball history

[molenick]

One thing that may have hurt Cravath in overall recognition is that he was much better at home than on the road, especially regarding home runs (including 1914 when he hit 19 at home and 0 on the road). Of course, Chuck Klein and Larry Walker are in the Hall with large home-away splits...but their overall numbers are better than Cravath. (Unfortunately, I have no cards of his to post.)

[Dead-Ball-Hitter]

Originally Posted by molenick

One thing that may have hurt Cravath in overall recognition is that he was much better at home than on the road, especially regarding home runs (including 1914 when he hit 19 at home and 0 on the road). Of course, Chuck Klein and Larry Walker are in the Hall with large home-away splits...but their overall numbers are better than Cravath. (Unfortunately, I have no cards of his to post.)

Nice analysis Michael. True enough, I think the friendly home ballpark is held against him!

Brian, awesome variety of T206's!

[Bobbycee]

Thanks for this interesting thread, Joe. Good stuff! Cravath's T206 issue is an underrated card. Nice looking one at that too.

[Tabe]

To be fair to Gavy/Gavvy, even with the short RF dimensions at Baker Bowl, the wall was still quite tall. Definitely tougher than a Polo Grounds pop fly to hit a homer there.