R.I.P to the GREATEST HR HITTER OF ALL TIME. Hammerin Hank

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Babe Ruth is the greatest player ever
Ted Williams is the greatest pure hitter ever
Hank and Bonds were two of the greatest homerun hitters of all-time but Ruth is still the best homerun hitter of all-time as well. I mean Bonds was as close as it gets to what we see in comparison to Ruth though, he was a monster.

Babe 11.76 AB per HR
Bonds 12.92 per HR
Aaron 16.38 per HR
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
That works to an extent, but also, you have to consider the quality of said competition.

A large percentage of 300 game winners come from guys that played in 1800s and the dead ball era where pitchers started 50+ games a year and threw complete games. Cy Young has more complete games than Greg Maddux has starts.
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12 of the 24 players with 300+ wins have played since 1947.

Quality of competition is not an argument that I put much stock in, players shouldn't be penalized because of when they played. I'll take Mel Ott over any right fielder in today's game.
 
Nosferatu said:
12 of the 24 players with 300+ wins have played since 1947.

Quality of competition is not an argument that I put much stock in, players shouldn't be penalized because of when they played. I'll take Mel Ott over any right fielder in today's game.
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You might not put much stock in it, but it should be considered IMO. I mean, during Ruth's era, a lot of players had to work jobs in the offseason. It's all a matter of preference, but when the numbers are close, I'm gonna give the nod to the more modern player every time.
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
You might not put much stock in it, but it should be considered IMO. I mean, during Ruth's era, a lot of players had to work jobs in the offseason. It's all a matter of preference, but when the numbers are close, I'm gonna give the nod to the more modern player every time.
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The first part of what you said supports my position. The fact that players today can just concentrate on baseball gives them a huge advantage.
 
Nosferatu said:
The first part of what you said supports my position. The fact that players today can just concentrate on baseball gives them a huge advantage.
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Babe was one of the ones that was paid enough to just focus on baseball, his competition for the most part wasn't. It's a muddy era. It's impossible to truly quantify, so it comes down to preference and opinion.
 
Rex Racer said:
Sad news about Hank, but he was not the greatest HR hitter of all time. That distinction belongs to Babe Ruth.
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Aaron had more career home runs than the Babe did.
 
Peter Gozintite said:
And there were players that werent white.
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Damn what a legend. Unlike these clowns today he faced Real Racism and never blinked or wavered. Hell of a man and hell of a player RIP
 
Babe Ruth was also one heck of a pitcher...

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fwiw, Babe Ruth played 16 exhibition games against negro league teams and he absolutely dominated them

AB - 55
1B - 11
2B - 2
3B - 0
HR - 12
BA - .455
SA - 1.145
 
Hitman Hart said:
fwiw, Babe Ruth played 16 exhibition games against negro league teams and he absolutely dominated them

AB - 55
1B - 11
2B - 2
3B - 0
HR - 12
BA - .455
SA - 1.145
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I love Babe Ruth but the stats mean next to nothing ... both leagues were watered down by bigotry, and they was exhibition games.
 
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