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Originally Posted by pdxblue
Pitching in Ruth's era was ridiculously too easy to hit. If Bonds and Ruth had to switch era's to bat in, Bonds would have about 3000 home runs, and Ruth might have 50!
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That's just not even remotely true.
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES - Pitching statistics for WS and Regular Season:
SERIES STATS | REGULAR SEASON
Player G ERA W-L SV CG IP H ER BB SO | W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
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Wilcy Moore 2 0.84 1-0 1 1 10.7 11 1 2 2 | 19-7 213 2.28 1.15 75 13
*Herb Pennock 1 1.00 1-0 0 1 9.0 3 1 0 1 | 19-8 210 3.00 1.30 51 2
George Pipgras 1 2.00 1-0 0 1 9.0 7 2 1 2 | 10-3 166 4.11 1.35 81
Waite Hoyt 1 4.91 1-0 0 0 7.3 8 4 1 2 | 22-7 256 2.63 1.15 86 1
I'm pretty sure that Grover Cleveland Alexander and Walter "Big Train" Johnson would take exception as well. Johnson threw 100 mph +. Pitching hasn't changed much since these guys pitched. If what you said were true, everyone would have hit 714 home runs. Instead, only the Babe did, out of all the other players of his era. Look at the ERA's of the '27 Yankee pitching staff.... 3 out of 4 with ERA's at 3.00 or better. Nowdays, anything under 4.00 is considered pretty good.
Bonds would fair no better in those days than he does today, and Ruth would still be the Sultan of Swat in the Bronx right now!