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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Bryan

OK, do you dislike Ruth because as you said "he was the
media darling" ?
Or are you such a "Yankee hater" ? Which might explain why
you have such disdain for this man; which is obvious by
your derisive "drunk" comments?

From 1914-19 Ruth was an outstanding pitcher, who won 90 and
lost only 46 (his ERA = 2.28). In three World Series starts he
not only won all of them, he pitched 29 consecutive scoreless
innings , and had an incredible 0.87 ERA.

In 1916, the 1st of these WS games he pitched 13 scoreless innings.
Really, I do not understand where you are coming from?

You seem to be "hung up" on Ruth's HRs; OK, let's just compare
him with some of the major HOFers who have approx. 3000 Hits
(or more). Do you realize that Ruth's Batting Average (.342) is
greater than Wagner's....Cap Anson....Stan Musial....Geo. Sisler
Jimmy Foxx....Nap. LaJoie....and is equal to Tris Speaker; and,
Ruth's BA is even equal to Ted Williams (acknowledged as one
the game's greatest hitters).

Ruth's pitching statistics and his basic hitting statistics prove
to anyone with a reasonably open mind that he would have
been a tremendous ballplayer in the 19th Century.... the
20th Century (as history proves)....or the 21st Century.