** Best Baseball Player , EVER ***

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  • carolinabeerguy
    carolinabeerguy Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,517
    beachdweller wrote:
    I think Babe Ruth is the greatest professional athlete ever in regards to his skill compared to his contemporaries, but I'd take Mays over Ruth myself.

    plus, how many of Babe's HR's were ground rule doubles? which used to count as an HR, I think I read in the range of maybe 30 at most.
    BABE RUTH HANDS DOWN.

    You can throw in the ground rule doubles and I'll give you that. At the same time, when he played, a home run had to land in fair territory not just clear the foul pole. It's estimated he hit 50-75 home runs that were ruled foul because the curved foul after clearing the fence.

    The Babe is the greatest player ever. He'll always be remembered for his 714 home runs but people often forget his career average of .342. I'd put Mays and Aaron right up there as well as a healthy Griffey. Bonds is a hard comparison b/c we have no idea what his "clean" stats would have been.

    And, as it's been said before, this is coming from a Red Sox fan.

    http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ruthba01.shtml
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    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
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  • Towsertunes
    Towsertunes Posts: 187
    The Mick!
    "they don't give a shit Keith Moon is dead,
    is that exactly what I thought I read?"


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