Babe Ruth Questions

[Omar]

At the end of his career, it says he finished his career with the Boston Braves. Whats up with that? Did they change their name and then change it back? Because I checked his transactions and the only thing there is his signing and when he got traded to the Yankees.

 

And what does he mean by this quote

 

I'd play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump [Wrigley Field] all the time.

 

Is he insulting Wrigley Field? or complimenting it?

[CubinNY]

At the end of his career, it says he finished his career with the Boston Braves. Whats up with that? Did they change their name and then change it back? Because I checked his transactions and the only thing there is his signing and when he got traded to the Yankees.

 

They moved a couple of times, Milwalkee then Atlanta.

 

And what does he mean by this quote

 

I'd play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump [Wrigley Field] all the time.

 

Is he insulting Wrigley Field? or complimenting it?

 

Both

[OleMissCub]

At the end of his career, it says he finished his career with the Boston Braves. Whats up with that? Did they change their name and then change it back? Because I checked his transactions and the only thing there is his signing and when he got traded to the Yankees.

 

Boston used to have an NL and AL team, the Braves and the Red Sox. The Braves were in Boston for something like 80 years. They were one of the first teams in baseball.

[TenzilKem]

Ruth was released by the Yankees and signed by the Braves.

 

It's rare that baseballreference.com has an error like that. The transaction history is a relatively new addition to the site.

[NewUserName]

The funny thing about him saying he would pay half his salary to play in Wrigley field all the time. At the time he played Yankee stadium was only like 295 down the right field line.

[mg420]

The funny thing about him saying he would pay half his salary to play in Wrigley field all the time. At the time he played Yankee stadium was only like 295 down the right field line.

but what were the power alleys & cf in yankee stadium? it was alot more than 367 & 400. in fact, wasnt it like 460 to cf before they moved in the fence & built the shrine?

[CuseCubFan69]

My Mother-In-Law's best friend was Babe Ruths Nurse when he had cancer and was making his last tours around baseball as a spokesman. I was pretty surprised when she told me that.

[Omar]

Oh well.. we can really use him in RF right now.

[Mark Priors Calves]

I spent a few minutes looking over Ruth's numbers at Baseball Reference.

Its mind boggling how good of a player he actually was. A career 1.164 OPS. Give me a break, that's ridiculous. Here's his line during the 1923 season, his 4th season with the Yankees:

 

41 HR, 131 RBI, .393 BA, .545 OBP, .764 SLG, 1.309 OPS. :shock:

[ConstableRabbit]

I spent a few minutes looking over Ruth's numbers at Baseball Reference.

Its mind boggling how good of a player he actually was. A career 1.164 OPS. Give me a break, that's ridiculous. Here's his line during the 1923 season, his 4th season with the Yankees:

 

41 HR, 131 RBI, .393 BA, .545 OBP, .764 SLG, 1.309 OPS. :shock:

 

Yeah, especially considering what the leage avg numbers were at the time. He wasn't hitting in the power era of the 90s, that's for sure.

[erik316wttn]

I spent a few minutes looking over Ruth's numbers at Baseball Reference.

Its mind boggling how good of a player he actually was. A career 1.164 OPS. Give me a break, that's ridiculous. Here's his line during the 1923 season, his 4th season with the Yankees:

 

41 HR, 131 RBI, .393 BA, .545 OBP, .764 SLG, 1.309 OPS. :shock:

 

Yeah, especially considering what the leage avg numbers were at the time. He wasn't hitting in the power era of the 90s, that's for sure.

 

If he played against the watered-down pitching and small ballparks of today, he'd have easily hit 900 home runs.

[Laura]

He didn't stink up the joint as a pitcher, either.

[Guest]

Yeah, especially considering what the leage avg numbers were at the time. He wasn't hitting in the power era of the 90s, that's for sure.

Offensive levels in Ruth's era were actually pretty high. From 1920 to 1940 the typical AL OPS was around .750, give or take 20-30 points. From 1995-present the typical AL OPS has been centered around .775 or so, though that's with a DH. A better comparison to Ruth's era would be the NL where having the pitcher bat drags down the league average. From 1995-present the league-wide NL OPS has typicaly been in the same .750 range as it was in Ruth's heyday.

[ConstableRabbit]

Yeah, especially considering what the leage avg numbers were at the time. He wasn't hitting in the power era of the 90s, that's for sure.

Offensive levels in Ruth's era were actually pretty high. From 1920 to 1940 the typical AL OPS was around .750, give or take 20-30 points. From 1995-present the typical AL OPS has been centered around .775 or so, though that's with a DH. A better comparison to Ruth's era would be the NL where having the pitcher bat drags down the league average. From 1995-present the league-wide NL OPS has typicaly been in the same .750 range as it was in Ruth's heyday.

 

Yeah, I actually just heard that from somone. That's interesting. I guess I was thinking homeruns. In 1927 Ruth finished with 60, Gehrig was second with 47 and the next closest guy wound up with 18. The next year he finished with 54 and Gehrig was the next closest with 28. Ridiculous.

[Roast]

Wow. Ruth was an absoloute God.