GettnHuge 1 Posted April 5, 2006 speaking of old tyme baseball, the Bonds defenders who call the radio just love to point out the competition that Babe Ruth had. Saying that it was all white, how the ballparks were designed, and that the ground rule double counted as a homerun at the time. True, the ground rule double came into effect for the 1930 season...of course after that, the Babe still hit almost 200 more homers the next 5 years. What is often forgotten, though: 1. In the Babe's era, a homerun ball had to LAND inside the foul poles, it could not go around them or land outside them. That was considered a foul ball. 2. In the Babe's era, walkoff homeruns often just counted as singles. The player would only get awarded with enough runs to win the game. For example, it is tied up, bottom 9, bases load and the Babe hits a homer. He would by rule, get awarded with a single and 1rbi. Yankees win by 1. Those who think the rules let Babe Ruth have some easy homers, should realize that some of the rules also took many away. Estimates have the Babe losing about 100 homeruns over his career due to these two rules. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocco Baldelli 0 Posted April 5, 2006 I've also heard that Ruth did not have a lot of Homers that bounced over the wall. I for sure have heard that in his 60HR season that None of them were of that varity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mr.T Posted April 5, 2006 Learned something new today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GettnHuge 1 Posted April 5, 2006 Learned something new today. and this wasn't a thread about women. shockoring! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vikings4ever 533 Posted April 5, 2006 Ruth in 1919: 29 home runs League in 1919: 10 teams with fewer than 29 home runs Ruth in 1920: 54 home runs League in 1920: 14 teams with fewer than 54 home runs Ruth in 1921: 59 home runs League in 1921: 9 teams with fewer than 59 home runs (1 tied) Ruth in 1922: 35 home runs League in 1922: 2 teams with fewer than 35 home runs Ruth in 1923: 41 home runs League in 1923: 3 teams with fewer than 41 home runs (1 tied) Ruth in 1924: 46 home runs League in 1924: 8 teams with fewer than 46 home runs Ruth in 1926: 47 home runs League in 1926: 9 teams with fewer than 47 home runs Ruth in 1927: 60 home runs League in 1927: 12 teams with fewer than 60 home runs Ruth in 1928: 54 home runs League in 1928: 7 teams with fewer than 54 home runs Ruth in 1929: 46 home runs League in 1929: 4 teams with fewer than 46 home runs (1 tied) Ruth in 1930: 49 home runs League in 1930: 1 team with fewer than 49 home runs Ruth in 1931: 46 home runs League in 1931: 6 teams with fewer than 46 home runs Ruth in 1932: 41 home runs League in 1932: 1 team with fewer than 41 home runs For 13 years (out of 14), Ruth put up more home runs than entire teams. No way in hell that happens in modern times. The last time a team put up less than 100 home runs was in 1995. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
