Don't know about this one, at the bottom of the page, a post from BHNut
First Willie turned 15 in May of 1946. Possible start 1948, still very young.
Had Willie not missed that time in the service, he may have matched Ruth and even passed 714.
What has to be remembered, the game is not always based on cumulative stats, numbers based on totals, the great are also judged on percentage based stats, batting average, slugging, OBA, AB/HR ratio and some others and Babe is at or near the top in all of those.
He is 5th in career batting average modern players, first in slugging by a mile, second best OBA, if I recall only .008 behind Ted Williams and second only to McGwire in AB/HR. Evident Mac passed Babe in his last 4 or 5 years, admitted user.
Williams lost some good years in the service , Mays around 270 games in the service.
But being a pitcher for a while, pitching only 1914 ( mostly minors) 1915-1916 -1917, batting only every 4th or 5fth day.
Career at bats, Babe has 693 more at bats then Williams.
Mays has 2482 more at bats than Ruth.
Slow start for Babe, yet he is only one of three in the 700 club.
Total home runs first 6 seasons. Ruth--49----Williams--197----Mays--187.
Babe had only 49 career home runs up until 1919, his career is a bit more than one quarter over, still hits 714 home runs.
Most seasons 40 or more, Ruth 11, Aaron, Killebrew and Bonds all with 8, 40 or more home run seasons. Ruth never hit 40 until his 7th season, 1920.
He's just too much, too consistent. It's like he's in his own world
First Willie turned 15 in May of 1946. Possible start 1948, still very young.
Had Willie not missed that time in the service, he may have matched Ruth and even passed 714.
What has to be remembered, the game is not always based on cumulative stats, numbers based on totals, the great are also judged on percentage based stats, batting average, slugging, OBA, AB/HR ratio and some others and Babe is at or near the top in all of those.
He is 5th in career batting average modern players, first in slugging by a mile, second best OBA, if I recall only .008 behind Ted Williams and second only to McGwire in AB/HR. Evident Mac passed Babe in his last 4 or 5 years, admitted user.
Williams lost some good years in the service , Mays around 270 games in the service.
But being a pitcher for a while, pitching only 1914 ( mostly minors) 1915-1916 -1917, batting only every 4th or 5fth day.
Career at bats, Babe has 693 more at bats then Williams.
Mays has 2482 more at bats than Ruth.
Slow start for Babe, yet he is only one of three in the 700 club.
Total home runs first 6 seasons. Ruth--49----Williams--197----Mays--187.
Babe had only 49 career home runs up until 1919, his career is a bit more than one quarter over, still hits 714 home runs.
Most seasons 40 or more, Ruth 11, Aaron, Killebrew and Bonds all with 8, 40 or more home run seasons. Ruth never hit 40 until his 7th season, 1920.
He's just too much, too consistent. It's like he's in his own world
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