If Babe Ruth and A-Rod played in the same era... (1 Viewer)

[Raider Nation]

Who would have the higher salary?

 

[Breed]

Who would have the higher salary?

Assuming they accumulate the same stats... Babe Ruth.Assuming they have to compete for new stats, Arod.Neither answer is all that debatable, in my opinion.

 

[pigskin pimp]

Are we talking about a juiced up Babe of the 90s, or just the every day boozing Babe of the 20's?

From what I know the Babe liked to indulge.

 

[MrPhoenix]

A-Rod, because scouts would immediately frown upon Ruth's lack of conditioning and he'd probably become a modestly better version of Calvin Pickering in todays game.

 

[avoiding injuries]

Seriously, would Babe be all that good in today's game? No way to tell how he would do with the current competition.

 

[MrJimmy]

Ruth is the greatest hitter ever, and it's not close. It's a waste of time trying to determine how a fat, drunk Babe would do today, but I guess he might cut down on the hos, hooch, and hot dogs long enough to remain the best hitter in the game.

 

[JohnnyU]

Ruth would turn A-Rod into a drunken, hot dog eating womanizer. Ruth would make more money if that era was the early 1900s and A-Rod would make more money if that era was today.

 

[dparker713]

Seriously, would Babe be all that good in today's game? No way to tell how he would do with the current competition.

Pitching translates. And its not like its gotten better. The only thing that would cut down on some of his hits are better conditioned fielders, but that would certainly be less important than the band boxes the league currently plays in. Make no mistake, that fat drunken slob would still dominate the league, though if you think Pacman makes alot of headlines...

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Seriously, would Babe be all that good in today's game? No way to tell how he would do with the current competition.

Pitching translates. And its not like its gotten better. The only thing that would cut down on some of his hits are better conditioned fielders, but that would certainly be less important than the band boxes the league currently plays in. Make no mistake, that fat drunken slob would still dominate the league, though if you think Pacman makes alot of headlines...

I think people underestimate Ruth in today's game because he was fat. The guy was one of the best pitchers in baseball before he became what I still consider the league's greatest power hitter ever. Ruth won 24 games in 1917, 94 for his career, and was 3-0 in World Series games with an ERA under one. He had an OPS above 1100 13 times and he would have hit 850 HRs if he didn't spend most of his first five pitching, and a few more suspended. In 1919 he had 29 HRs, the next closest guy had 12. In 1920 he had 54, the next closest guy had 19. In 1920 no team collectively hit more home runs than Babe Ruth except the Philadelphia Athletics. Remember there were only 16 teams in baseball then and there was certainly enough talent to fill those rosters (taking into account the counter argument that blacks and Hispanics were not allowed to play). Statisticaly speaking only Barry Bonds and Ted Williams have ever had the OPS and Slugging seasons that would compare to Ruth. Ruth would be the best power hitter in today's' game. But don't take my word for it. Buck O'Neil said he only saw two guys that could hit a ball like Babe Ruth. They were Josh Gibson and Bo Jackson. Ruth was a monster.

 

[curta269]

The Babe, no question.

 

[dparker713]

AB R H 2b 3b HR RBI BB AVG Babe Ruth 8399 2174 2873 506 136 714 2213 2062 .342 People often forget, he wasn't just a power hitter. He's tied for the 8th best lifetime average and hit .393 one year. He was just a freak of nature.

ETA - .472 lifetime OBP, just unreal.

 

[kentric]

136 triples. I wonder if that was a reflection on the ballparks or Ruth's earlier days when he wasn't carrying all that weight.

 

[Wrigley]

136 triples. I wonder if that was a reflection on the ballparks or Ruth's earlier days when he wasn't carrying all that weight.

Can you imagine what kind of power numbers he would put up playing in todays little parks?

 

[Oh the Humanity]

136 triples. I wonder if that was a reflection on the ballparks or Ruth's earlier days when he wasn't carrying all that weight.

Mostly the Ballparks. Just to give one dimension for one year (1927) the average distance to the Centerfield wall of the 8 American League parks is 453 ft. I'm getting this from my ballpark book Green Cathedrals and there's a little bit of guesstimate there, but not much

 

[LeonWashington29]

Babe Ruth.