What was overlooked in this argument is that Ruth was already hitting monster homers in the dead ball era. It caused a sensation. He still has most of the measured and confirmed longest homers ever hit. And if they came off slower pitches, then the distance was coming off his muscle and swing because simple physics shows that a faster pitch yields a longer homer. He was one of a kind.
@LogicallyKnot
Жыл бұрын
Wasn't slower pitchers. This is a BS myth. How anyone can think that no players back then could throw in the high 90s is beyond me. Of course they could. Some of the hardest throwers of all time played in Babes era. There are more high heat pitchers today, but they certainly had plenty back then too. And all the pitches used today were used back then as well. Everything being thrown today has been thrown for over 100 years. Nothing new under the sun. Nolan Ryan didn't have all this BS players have today and he had arguably the fastest fastball ever and certainly the most consistent throughout a game. A full game, not pulled after 100 pitches. The first time Ryan's ball was measured by radar they took the measurement about 10 feet from home plate. It was 101mph 10 feet from the plate. Today they measure out of the hand. If they had measured Ryan's like that he would have clocked an absolutely absurd 108 mph. I don't know anyone that's got 108 mph fastball today. And Ryan was an old school player. Played in the late 60s. Didn't have all this BS that makes people think these players today are so much better than other eras. If anything, the fact that these players can't produce much better results than previous eras should tell you the opposite. Why don't we see 120 mph fastballs today if they're so much better? They have all this technology and aren't producing any better. In alot of cases their production is worse. They have national parade when Judge hits 62 HRs. If he's so much better and a "modern" athlete, shouldn't 62 homeruns be nothing for him? He should have 62 by June the way these people go on and on about how much better today's athletes are than previous eras. Seems that they're not better, they're actually worse, they have all this technology and produce the same numbers that have always been produced. This tells me they need these performance aids to be as good as previous eras. Babe done what he done hung over, with a belly full of hotdogs and a bad case of the crabs. Easy shit for The GOAT. ....... Of course they had high heat when Babe played.
@LogicallyKnot
Жыл бұрын
@R M Brum Lt. Colonel ret. USMC Thank you. I get sick of seeing people disrespecting the accomplishments of players like Babe Ruth because they have this fantasy in their head that everyone sucked back then. Babe hit 500 ft homers regularly. Nobody today is hitting further than that or hitting them with regularity. We don't see 650 ft homeruns today so what makes people think these players are so much stronger? Nobody will ever accomplish what the Babe was able to accomplish in the time frame that he accomplished it. They can drink all the protein shakes and take all the steroids they want to, they won't touch him. He is the GOAT. Nobody will ever touch Ryans strike out record. They can't even see 27 batters a game, let alone play 27 years. Ryan had a game where he threw 235 pitches while throwing 95-100 mph. Who the hell today can do that? Nobody........Hell, Babe Ruth had a 14 inning start as a pitcher when he was in Boston that ended in a 2-1 win. Who the hell can do that today? NOBODY......Nobody will ever touch Joe DiMaggios hit streak. It ain't happening. All the training, all the time and money spent training and these players can only dream of a hit streak like that. Watch the 1960 WS where Mantle hit a 450 ft bomb opposite field. Nobody today is doing that. If one of these current "modern" athletes muster one 10 feet over the wall opposite field they all oooo and ahhhh about it 😂 All the training and technology and they can't do what a man done 60 years ago that didn't even have a batting glove. People need to GTFOH with that nonsense.
@LogicallyKnot
Жыл бұрын
@R M Brum Lt. Colonel ret. USMC He liked to party 🥳 😂 Can you blame him? He was Mickey Mantle 😂😂
@LogicallyKnot
Жыл бұрын
@R M Brum Lt. Colonel ret. USMC For me personally, the only player I've ever seen that I thought could give Ruth a run for his money was Bo Jackson. If he stays healthy perhaps he becomes The GOAT? He certainly had the power. Watch his 3 at bat 3 hr performance at Yankees Stadium. That 2nd HR was opposite field 500 ft. It hit the damn sign. That was a Ruthlike shot. Pure raw, unbelievable power. He stepped out and manhandled it 500 ft. Only 2 players can do something like that. Babe and Bo. And Bo played before all this analytics and nutritionist BS too.
@keithleverette8235
10 ай бұрын
Confirmed by who? Racist sportswriters of the day who would exaggerate, sensationalize, make up urban legends and tall tales to try to support the white supremacy/superiority doctrine of the era and write and say ANYTHING to sell newspapers and magazines! Can't run LIES and BS on scholars and historians! 🤣😂😅🤣😂😅🤣😂😅
@chuckorlando6884
2 жыл бұрын
Babe will always be talked about, that is why he is the best ever
@keithleverette8235
Жыл бұрын
🤣😂😅🤣😂😅🤣😂😅!!!!!!!!!
@keithleverette8235
Жыл бұрын
Best ever? How the hell do you "Lick the boots and Sniff the poots" of a player you NEVER SAW play one inning, game, or season!? Oh, so this is what ongoing, generational white supremacy and RACISM is all about? Gotcha!
@loydkline
Жыл бұрын
@@keithleverette8235 my hero
@darkangelmichael6148
5 жыл бұрын
Babe Ruth was pounding distant homeruns in THE DEAD BALL ERA! The ball was hand-stitched, stuffed with rags with no core. He was hitting homers not juiced on steroids ..but juiced on beer! He was tanked! Or fresh from an overnight bender. Face it...the man was playing damned near handicapped...AND HE WAS THAT GOOD!
@halnewman5687
4 жыл бұрын
Amen.
@karlronniellacanilao9708
3 жыл бұрын
Best comment
@tlouandtherest4378
2 жыл бұрын
Lies about blast , he pulled the ball over right field fences 300 feet down the line Were you there seeing these bombs ! , papers would put anything cause back then there was nothing ,,,, owners saved baseball not babe for profit , no integrity like basketball football or hockey Babe today would be like thome at best
@darkangelmichael6148
2 жыл бұрын
@@tlouandtherest4378 when you take into account the inferior equipment of the day, bigger Ballparks like the Polo Grounds, and no Roids....he was as good or better than any.
@lloydkline1518
2 жыл бұрын
Babe ruth would chew up current major league pitching ( baseball) like peace of streak & candy;
@l.rongardner2150
3 жыл бұрын
The Babe would not only be the best baseball player today, he'd eat Joey Chestnut under the table in hot-dog-eating contests.
@Barneyrubble241
3 жыл бұрын
Yup, The Babe would dunk his buns in beer instead of water.
@vgr112261
2 жыл бұрын
Ruth said he won a fart contest once. Ate “a lot of beer and limburger.” True story.
@user-iv9er3nr6z
2 ай бұрын
Babe Ruth would be the homerun& derby contest 🏆 champion& hotdogs eating champion 🏆 Joey chestnut would've come in second in hotdogs eating co test
@mickifoster5557
4 жыл бұрын
Yep.He is the best ever.
@tlouandtherest4378
2 жыл бұрын
Owners saved baseball They brought right field fence in to 300 feet giving pull hitters grace Bigger fields overall allowed bloop hits bloating players averages Baseball lied to fill the seats Babe was made great for money more than righteous Integrity flees with constant dimensions of parks tampered and altered with unlike hockey football and basketball having solid integrity Lopsided numbers , Ted 71 triples 24 stolen bases , Rickey 66 triples 1406 stolen bases ,,, Integrity vs money and money ruled not integrity , honesty or truth
@jbjoeychic
Жыл бұрын
The Babe would dominate and amaze the modern public if he were in MLB now. No one talks about his eyesite. His ability to see the ball and to take a 2 step jig and swing and hit the ball 500feet high and 400 feet deep was amazing to people. The Babe was one of a kind....A BALLPLAYER
@keithleverette8235
Жыл бұрын
Stole bases? He was thrown out more than he was successful!
@LogicallyKnot
Жыл бұрын
Babe would absolutely, positively dominate today. As is. No PEDs, no weight training, no nutrition expert.
@gymzilla12
10 ай бұрын
In todays league, he wouldn’t even be competitive in double a.
@tranquilo7566
10 ай бұрын
@@keithleverette8235 Babe Ruth stole home ten times. He stole 2nd, and then 3rd in the 1921 World Series. He was hyper aggressive on the bases. He hit 136 triples, stretching many doubles with aggressive running to a triple. He was a lean, muscular 6'2' 198 lbs for almost a decade.
@keithleverette8235
10 ай бұрын
@@tranquilo7566He was caught stealing as much as he was successful! Wait a minute, there are several seasons where his caught stealing stats couldn't be found? BS!!! He was caught more than he succeeded and against weak-armed catchers, not cannon-like and rifle-armed of those since integration! 🤣😂😅🤣😂😅🤣😂😅
@daisyridleyissmokinghot1822
3 жыл бұрын
Ruth is the best ever. He would kill it out there.
@eschatonhemera654
2 ай бұрын
What people fail to understand is that in era from 1870 to 1930, baseball was THE sport. Everyone played it all the time. My uncles played it. My aunts played it. The level of skill for even “semi-pro” home town teams was off the charts. Whatever scientific improvements have been made in training or fitness was simply out- matched by the sheer volume of play and players. To get to the MLB in that era, you had to be truly gifted. The only thing at question is pitching velocity, and it was probably far better then than people now want to admit.
@nathankenny9278
Ай бұрын
there were few if any pitchers back in ruth's day hitting triple digits as there are todays. pitching velocity has gotten faster..and there is nothing the hitters can do to give them more time at the plate... hitting is indeed harder in todays game..
@matthewbartke4424
3 жыл бұрын
That 210-215lbs Babe Ruth had to be when he first started. He is visibly much thinner. They probably never updated it.
@paysonfox88
2 жыл бұрын
He did get to about 240lbs at his max. That was the famous story about his manager making him get in shape or throwing him off the team. Babe had to get that gut down in the late 20's... When he started though, he was not 215. He was a thinner teenager who pitched all the time. You see pictures of the 1916 Babe Ruth , he's 190 lbs or so max. He looked like an ordinary pitcher.
@timetraveler5701
3 жыл бұрын
Ruth would big time dominate today.
@tlouandtherest4378
2 жыл бұрын
Dominate the hot dog stand
@tubularbill
11 ай бұрын
You have to remember the best athletes played professional baseball. There was no NBA or NFL back then. So your top cream of the crop athletes were playing baseball. In addition, you also had a situation where there were no night games. You still had the spitball around until 1920 and then it was grandfathered for about another 10 years. So there are a lot of factors to consider. Is it the same game now it’s a different game but would Ruth or Cobb ultimately dominate in today’s game? I would say yes. They would adapt and thrive.
@theallseeingmaster
9 ай бұрын
I'm glad I scrolled and found your post, I was going to state the same point.
@johnpersechini4951
2 жыл бұрын
If Ruth was transported in a time machine he would not likely be successful in baseball. But if he was born in 1990 he would likely be successful in baseball because he had the same advantages of today.
@kennethhill3054
21 күн бұрын
What we want to call advantages to day are not necessarily advantages, 100 years of living in the lap of luxury has reduced us to pulled muscles and Tommy John surgery, Babe Ruth could and did pitch both ends of a double header and win both games,way beyond incredible!!!!!
@markmamary576
Жыл бұрын
The Babe had amazing strength and hand eye coordination. He could dominate as a hitter and pitcher in any era.
@LogicallyKnot
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely, anyone that doesn't know this doesn't have a clue what they're talking about. It came naturally to him. He didn't even have to try.
@NazriB
8 ай бұрын
Lies again? God Hijab Grab Harvard
@user-iv9er3nr6z
2 ай бұрын
Babe Ruth was a baseball ⚾️ hitting wizard would've chew current baseball ⚾️ pitcher like 🍬 🍬 candy
@gregthegroove
Жыл бұрын
If I had to guess, Babe Ruth today would remind me of Kyle Schwarber lefty uppercut swing but with the quickness and bat speed through the zone (just like Bonds) numbers and power of Yordan Alvarez. He’d be a classic DH/1B in his older years and LF when he was younger. His attributes in MLB The Show as a LF were solid as can be. He even had better speed when he was younger too.
@kimkelly5512
Жыл бұрын
Yes he could be a very important player today!!!! Dominate yes!
@ronwallace6273
11 ай бұрын
greatest player to ever play or ever will
@Mottleydude1
9 ай бұрын
People have an unrealistic view of Babe Ruth as an athlete. Most of the footage the see of Ruth was from the end of his career when he was sporting a pot belly. In his prime and for most of his career he was a well built athlete with odd thin legs. Look at his photos from his early to mid career and he is not just some fat guy who could hit. 6’2” and 215 lb is actually pretty trim. That’s what Ruth played at most of his career. If you look at the advantages of today vs the disadvantages of his day it’s pretty much a wash. Ruth may not have been as dominant as he was in his day because no one in baseball has been that dominant against his competition, before or since in baseball but he would still be a dominant player. The margin just might not have been so large. But Dan’s right. What matters is how you did against the competition of your time and no American athlete was as dominant for as long a stretch as Babe Ruth was. I said back in 2,000 when ESPN did their greatest Athlete of the Century if they chose Jordan over Ruth it was just recency bias and a sham. His Airness was great but he didn’t dominate like Ruth did. No one has.
@pfoxworth7
4 жыл бұрын
They threw spit ball's, could scuff the ball to get more movement and still threw 90 mph pitches. Fences were farther. Of course he would dominate.
@my2l
2 жыл бұрын
farther my ass, 295 in right field in yankee stadium, and ruth pulled most of his homers. And almost noone threw 90mph, gtfoh lol.
@tlouandtherest4378
2 жыл бұрын
Yes and no Parks were bigger allowing a few more dozen hits giving players bloated averages Owners saved baseball by bringing in the fence to a high school level 300 feet ideal for pull hitters Today babe would had been no better than thome
@kingfoorthwal
2 жыл бұрын
@@tlouandtherest4378 lmfao
@DL-gv2es
2 жыл бұрын
Lmao they didn’t throw that had mfs were lucky to throw in the mid 80s back then
@DL-gv2es
2 жыл бұрын
@alien observer no they didnt lmaooo who tf told u that
@sweethot5902
5 жыл бұрын
Yes,he would.He would kill these chumps today.
@my2l
2 жыл бұрын
he would get killed today lmao.
@werewolf7958
2 жыл бұрын
@@my2l No he would not. He would play better.
@matinale
Жыл бұрын
Ruth made short films between the 1931 and 1932 seasons. They were basically instructional for kids. They are on KZitem. He even demonstrates how to throw a knuckleball. His shape is a bit odd but not really fat. He even demonstrates how to slide.
@Adino1
6 ай бұрын
Babe's stats were insane during a time where.... 1.The baseballs used during this time were not as tightly wound and would become soft and dirty during play, meaning you couldn't hit them as far. 2. The ball parks were larger back then they are today. Some center fields were well over 400 feet from home plate, with some even exceeding 500 feet. 3. Rules favored pitchers over hitters 4. Because of that pitchers had a much easier time and did things that are illegal in the modern day Babe Ruth with modern conditioning and diet would totally dominate today. And on PEDS, I can only imagine.
@fallenangel233
2 жыл бұрын
Ruth would be even more dominate today.
@williamhendershot5495
3 жыл бұрын
These players could not handle Babe.
@wvu05
3 ай бұрын
And he never struck out more than 93 times in a season.
@baketeach
5 жыл бұрын
Also they wore WOOL jerseys
@beedevil11
3 жыл бұрын
Take out the 50 oz. bat, the hardened wood that big leaguers use, factor that into his bat speed, and much tighter seams on the ball. Oh btw, drop the mound too. 1000+ sound right. Still the best hr to ab ratio.
@kenkaplan3654
2 жыл бұрын
He did not swing a 52 ounce bat. more like 42 for a while, then 36. In today's game he would go for lighter bats. His exit velocity was measured (from film) at 115+, which is elite.
@LogicallyKnot
Жыл бұрын
@@kenkaplan3654 He used a 50 oz bat and actually holds the record for the heaviest bat ever used in game at 54 oz.
@hyzercreek
Ай бұрын
In his book he says he knocked an ounce off his bats every year, he had a bunch of bats made up every season, hickory or ash, but it started off around 48 ounces. The book is called Babe Ruths Book of Baseball
@anonymike8280
6 ай бұрын
One small fact. Live ball was introduced in 1914. In the dead ball era, teams played little ball through the while lineup. After the live ball was introduced, teams continued to play little ball for several years. Ruth introduced the home run as something to play for. Within a couple of years, the game got the idea and other players were putting on HR totals in the 30s and 40s.
@davemeckfessel1296
2 ай бұрын
The live ball was introduced in 1920.
@anonymike8280
2 ай бұрын
@@davemeckfessel1296 No, 1914. Sports historians understandably call the era through 1919 the dead ball era based on the style of play, which was what we call today little ball. The new baseball itself was introduced in 1914, and, some say, perhaps earlier. The terminology may be confusing, but the facts are not.
@elenamukhinafan3506
4 жыл бұрын
The guy was hitting 550 foot home runs drunk. He would do just fine.
@brannonkelley8147
3 жыл бұрын
No one has hit a 550 foot hr
@Jacobthekid28
3 жыл бұрын
@@brannonkelley8147 So true.
@Jacobthekid28
3 жыл бұрын
@@brannonkelley8147 The longest ever RECORDED was Mark McGwire's 538 foot blast that was hit off of Randy Johnson with the help of roids 💉
@davidpadilla9468
3 жыл бұрын
He supposedly hit many and one more than 700 feet easily
@tlouandtherest4378
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe a couple of times Short fences down the line after WW1 to bring the fans , owners saved baseball After babe other hitters started hitting homers too proof Reggie must of hit 2000 outs 315 feet all would had been homers than All players before 1970 had bloated averages too with bigger fields getting dozens of extra hits every year Ted with 71 triples 24 stolen bases yet Rickey got 66 triples and 1406 stolen bases Cobb was the goat before 1950 and Willie after 1950 Babe was a bum and 50% homers were 310 feet , they exaggerate his accomplishments with his bloated stats for ticket sales , owners were into profits not integrity Ted Williams was the biggest fraud today and would had been no better than Jeff Kent today at most
@matthewvaroz4812
9 ай бұрын
His swing is being overlooked
@Pkia-tm7gw
Жыл бұрын
There will never ever be a baseball player like the 'bambino!'
@michaeldelzitti895
11 ай бұрын
The Babe wasn't "word of mouth". He was and still is the greatest statistical baseball player to ever play the game.
@williammouri1096
5 ай бұрын
The Bambino played in humungous parks, 460-480 to center, sometimes more. A ball traveling inside the foul poles, which he inspired out of necessity, but landed outside the baseline was considered foul. I know someone has probably added some of those up. It's got to be over a hundred.
@anonymike8280
6 ай бұрын
One thing people refuse to consider is the success of players who crossed over from one era to another. Their games held up Ty Cobb started out early in the 20th Century and played into the 1920s. Ted Williams and Stan Musial both came up before World War II and both played effectively into the 1960s. The postulated dropoff between eras and pre- and post- integration just is not observed. Eventually, you have to yield to fact. Babe Ruth had prodigious power and his power would play today. In today's game, he would be a prodigious home run hitter. I don't think he would ever hit .393 or win a batting title even once in today's game though.
@tranquilo7566
10 ай бұрын
Ruth would be more dominant today. Any era comparison is done by dominance over your peers. The '20s parks were massive. Yankee stadium; 490 to center. 5 of 8 AL parks were 468+ ft. In 1921 Ruth hit 59 hrs; he out-homered every other TEAM in the American League. (That's hitting 310 hrs today). He set major league records in HRs, runs (177), RBIs (168), .512 OBP, .846 SLG%, 1.359 OPS, walks (170), extra-base hits (119), total bases (457), times on base (353) and runs created (229). Modern era is far easier for a hitter; jacked balls, 5-6.00 era pitchers, low mounds, strike zone 1/5 the size, no spitballs, no fastballs at the head. 1920s, no helmet or pads. Bonds era, he wore football pads to the plate, the strike zone was tiny, the size of catchers mitt, and no bean balls allowed. Ruth hit 255 hrs 450 ft, 51 over 500. Bonds had 3 go 450 ft pre-roids. Bonds is a 15 HR guy in those gigantic 1920s stadiums. With his weak arm, a benchwarmer.
@IKI11I
3 ай бұрын
I think people forget that in general, baseball was a much more ruthless sport back then. Also, Ruth lived on whiskey, cigarettes and poor nutrition. add in the more contemporary sport science of training, nutrition, and supplementation… that would likely take his game to another level by itself
@CatStanleySpaceDemon
2 ай бұрын
Babe played against the best in the world. They weren't playing baseball in Venezuela or the Dominican Republic or Asia back in the 1910's and 1920's. Put Babe on the same strength and conditioning program today's players on and he'd be AWESOME!
@elizadoolittle2687
4 жыл бұрын
He could and would thrive.Bigtime
@keithleverette8235
Жыл бұрын
🤣😂😅🤣😂😅🤣😂😅
@harrisondavis6936
3 жыл бұрын
He would totally dominate today.
@robertheizmann7249
Жыл бұрын
You’re on drugs.
@alanmerritts
3 жыл бұрын
The ball parks were much bigger back then. Also, Babe Ruth used a very heavy bat, 50 ounces at one time which compare to todays 35 ounces People have picked his bat up and could not believe it. Todays youth have an automatic bias against yesterdays players. I look at every decade.
@vgr112261
Жыл бұрын
Ruth used a 42 ounce bat for most of his career.
@keithleverette8235
Жыл бұрын
He only used a bat that heavy during batting practice! Most of his game bats were 42-44 ounces! FACTS!!!
@alanmerritts
Жыл бұрын
@@keithleverette8235 I have a friend who has a game used bat given to him by Ruth. It was HEAVY. FACT!!!! I bet you are like most young fans who only like to give credit to your era players. Someday Michael Jordan of the NBA will be "dished" because he was from years ago. It is normal for most fans to be loyal to their era. Please don't send me a response because you "might" have been wrong about your info. I will not even read it because you might have been "but" hurt.
@keithleverette8235
Жыл бұрын
@@alanmerritts, I've been a student, scholar, and historian of this game since the '60's, even saw Williams hit his final season in old Tiger Stadium! I have a library and memorabilia on MLB and the Negro Leagues! Don't care what your Dementia and Alzheimers friend has, Ruth didn't use 50+ oz bats in any recorded games! That could only occur if pitchers of his era were throwing no faster than 60-70 mph! If that was their top speed, plenty batters used heavier lumber! No chance WHATSOEVER in more modern times, 90mph+ fastballs, not even Samson or Hercules could pull that off with ANY SUCCESS!
@alanmerritts
Жыл бұрын
@@keithleverette8235 I am also a student of the game and nearly 70. Since you know more than the players with played with him, I will let you win. Maybe now you will not bad mouth everyone who does not bow to you. How a good life but leave me out of it. Find someone else.
@TheBatugan77
5 жыл бұрын
Of course he could. Could today's game survive the Babe? THAT'S the question!
@rafaelreyes9
3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@paysonfox88
2 жыл бұрын
@M There are more 3rd world countries and developing nations than civilized ones. That is all you've proven. And by the way -- there are only 195 recognized nations on earth at this time. So your 240 number is bull shitt
@davidpadilla9468
Жыл бұрын
Yes he would he would dominate
@LogicallyKnot
Жыл бұрын
They might actually get someone to watch a game if he showed up. Joke league today, Babe would shit on these players.
@jessec2138
Жыл бұрын
Babe dominated in games vs the Negro League and Japan too. His numbers were even better against those leagues.
@byergo
10 ай бұрын
Babe Ruth would be a dominant stud in any era. This is a silly conversation.
@greylanders6101
3 жыл бұрын
He is the best ever. He would decimate.
@Danny_On_Wheels44
3 жыл бұрын
Basketball and football didn't change the size of the playing field. Fences should be far back like they use to. It was harder to hit HR's then flat out, he would dominate no argument to be had.
@tlouandtherest4378
2 жыл бұрын
True and false Owners saved baseball putting fences down the line to 300 feet allowing pull hitters advantage ,,, Big ass fields have hitters dozens of extra bloop hits bloating their average Today babe couldn’t had kept up with thome , , , Baseballs deception and lie of the past where profits matter not integrity
@davidwindsor798
4 жыл бұрын
Yes of course he would.
@tobyw9573
11 ай бұрын
Ruth was an effing physicist of baseball hitting science. On top of that he was an amazing physical specimen! And to be a top hitter you have to be a scholar of pitching!
@dylanspurlock6150
5 жыл бұрын
Clean Barry Bonds? So you mean Mike Trout?
@Jiff321
5 жыл бұрын
Mike Trout will never even sniff bonds steals or defensive ability.
@Jacobthekid28
4 жыл бұрын
@Kent Horvath Well no he's not an 'AMAZING defender.' If he is then why hasn't he won the Gold Glove Award yet?
@dylancoolbaugh4166
3 жыл бұрын
Mike trout got one hit
@jimtaylor6447
3 жыл бұрын
@@Jiff321 Trout is a significantly better baserunner than Bonds was. In the years prior to no longer being an effective baserunner, Bonds was worth 38 BsR in 2296 games. Trout has already produced 60.6 BsR in 1252 games.
@werewolf7958
2 жыл бұрын
Atg's are atg's, regardless.
@catitude5084
4 жыл бұрын
Ruth would massacre this pitching they have now. Easily, he would dominate.
@rafaelreyes9
3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@my2l
2 жыл бұрын
lmao you dumbass, ruth wouldn't touch 100mph today.
@STWRITES1
11 ай бұрын
Ruth 6-2, 195 lbs. as a pitcher and was the best athlete in the world before putting on weight in NY.
@chiefleapinglizard4740
4 жыл бұрын
Babe would eat these pathetic nothings for breakfast.
@dylancoolbaugh4166
3 жыл бұрын
Babe faced no one who can throw 92
@thetimetraveler5319
3 жыл бұрын
@@dylancoolbaugh4166 Yeah he did. Walter Johnson, Smokey Joe Wood, Lefty Grove, Grover Alexander, Ed Walsh, and other.Get your head outta your ass, alright?
@dylancoolbaugh4166
3 жыл бұрын
Not even the best player of his era
@tjjanosko133
3 жыл бұрын
@@dylancoolbaugh4166 my guy. Walter Johnson was tested at 99.7 mph in 1914. And he faced a spitball. And screwballs.
@pauliej345
Жыл бұрын
Ball parks were huge back then. they avg 400+ feet at shortest part of outfield fence. The ball was also a softer which made it harder to hit further and also decreased velocity a lil. Pitchers were also allowed to throw spitballs etc which is not allowed anymore as its considered an advantage for the pitchers. PED juiced Mark Mcgwire also tried to swing Ruths bat at HOF and said no way he could use that bat. It was 2-3 three times as heavy as the bats now.
@mmcgahn5948
2 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget, even though there was no integration back then, there were only 16 MLB teams. Also, most of the video of a heavy Ruth were from the later part of his career.
@RatedRex1
Жыл бұрын
There are 4 billion more people. And the game is now global. So competition is much greater today.
@randyhuke3773
8 ай бұрын
If he was born in the modern era, then YES. Eye hand co-ordination cannot be taught.
@davidpadilla9468
3 жыл бұрын
The modern era is not good as the old
@daisyridleyissmokinghot1822
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@Zenigundam
5 жыл бұрын
But I won't disrespect Dan Patrick because he's absolutely right. Greatness, in this case, must be measured relative to The Babe's dominance against his competition vs. the dominance of other players in any other era because the game of baseball has changed to the point that the vast majority of the starting pitchers in Ruth's time, as they were in the teens and the twenties, would be too small, weak and/or inferior to pitch in the majors today.
@fredkruse9444
5 жыл бұрын
Babe Ruth is probably my favorite athlete of all time, though obviously that's based on reading about him. But he'd be shocked facing modern 6'5" pitchers throwing 95+.
@BazookaIke
5 жыл бұрын
Pitchers back then had advantages in their favor though. The ball parks were bigger and the balls were softer, so it was MUCH harder to hit home runs.
@ecbrooks33
5 жыл бұрын
@@BazookaIke And the strike zone extended from the knee up to the shoulder back in that era. A significantly larger strike zone.
@BazookaIke
5 жыл бұрын
@@fredkruse9444 i think if you put Ruth on the modern regimen of training and diet, along with all the science of hitting, he'd be even more dangerous. But yeah if you pluck him out of his era and put him in there against Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens, etc. he is going to struggle a bit at first. You know what though? Even the modern players would struggle against them.
@fredkruse9444
5 жыл бұрын
@@BazookaIke Yeah, I'm only describing the "plucking" scenario.
@jasonparker5746
4 жыл бұрын
The Babe is the GOAT. End of story
@tlouandtherest4378
2 жыл бұрын
Goat likes hot dogs , today equal to thome if that
@thetruthfornow6045
Жыл бұрын
Lots of players today like burgers tacos and other fast foods. When their playing days are over and they get dad bods their blood pressure gets higher they start eating healthier.
@418cjpaul
2 жыл бұрын
a VERY good analysis!!
@tonylaughlin6663
5 жыл бұрын
fun to talk about but impossible to really know.
@milojanis4901
6 ай бұрын
Whatta STUPID question!! Of course he could. If you have the God given talent to hit balls that far, and often, then you have it in any era. One thing about Ruth not many apparently know; he won 20 games in a season two years in a row, and led the A.L. in ERA one year as a pitcher!!! NOBODY IN ANY ERA EVER pitched and hit BOTH to that degree. EVER. So if he couldn't hit today, he do it with his arm, instead. Greatest baseball player in MLB history.....
@AwesomeBeatles
3 жыл бұрын
Babe was a phenomenon then and would be today.
@keithleverette8235
Жыл бұрын
🤣😂😅🤣😂😅🤣😂😅
@robertboydiiido-bolsa7531
Жыл бұрын
The Babe hit the ball over the roofs of stadiums. The end.
@jameshardin1100
3 жыл бұрын
Hit more home runs than teams did. If he was brought up today, he would kill. If you just put him at bat at age 30, he might have problems with the curve, and slider.
@keithleverette8235
Жыл бұрын
He rather go back to being dead than play against the great National Leaguers of the '50's, '60's, and '70's! And against today's 'smoke/heat', he'd rather open up a barbershop than face failure!
@jameshardin1100
Жыл бұрын
@@keithleverette8235 wrong
@rezinrussell1689
6 ай бұрын
The greatest MLB player ever. Period.
@kevinbergin9971
Жыл бұрын
The 2 great hitters that transcended the "old" era and the "modern" era were Ted Williams and Stan Musial. By that we mean integration, West Coast teams, more night games, etc
@keithleverette8235
Жыл бұрын
Henry Aaron!
@kevinbergin9971
Жыл бұрын
@@keithleverette8235 Not really? By 1954 you already had West Coast Baseball, night games, TV and obviously it was integrated before then.
@keithleverette8235
Жыл бұрын
@@kevinbergin9971, Giants didn't move to Frisco until the '58 season!
@theoriginalangrygrizzly8826
2 жыл бұрын
He would do even better today.
@AJHart-eg1ys
5 жыл бұрын
Integration WOULD have made some difference, but before we go too crazy about that point, you should probably look up how many black MLB pitchers have managed to make their way into the HOF in the 70+ years since baseball integrated. And the number born in the U.S. is even smaller.
@supremegoesviral9922
Жыл бұрын
integration includes Hispanics and Asians you dunce
@vgr112261
Жыл бұрын
The Babe took Satchel Paige deep in a barnstorming game according to Buck O’Neil who saw it happen.
@LogicallyKnot
Жыл бұрын
@@vgr112261 And Satchel had a low 100s fastball. Pure smoke......
@mitchc6040
7 ай бұрын
He would be training like everyone else, so he would be producing like he did back in the twenties.
@uriel736
8 ай бұрын
Give ruth todays training and technology and if he took it seriously im guessing he would be pretty darn good.
@NoName-hs3sf
3 жыл бұрын
Best ever period
@tlouandtherest4378
2 жыл бұрын
Hot dog eating contest , that’s about it
@ThekiBoran
2 жыл бұрын
FYI, the spit ball was banned in 1920 but anyone throwing it at the time it was banned could continue to throw it. The last legal spit ball was thrown by Burleigh Grimes in 1934.
@bobcrane2720
2 жыл бұрын
If he had been allowed to win MVP each year, he might have made MVP 5-8 times depending on a few variables. If he were alive today, he might not have had such poor nutrition; I think he could do pretty well today.
@romeoalpha68
Жыл бұрын
He'd definitely be a Hall of Fame caliber player but I don't believe his numbers would be the same . Of course if everything was like it was after 47 the Cy Young Award would probably be called the Satchel Paige Award . MLB missed so many great players because of segregation . All records in Cooperstown should be based as both leagues count as MLB .
@anonymike8280
6 ай бұрын
@@romeoalpha68 The general level of the Negro League, however, was Double A. With integration, some of the white major leaguers would have been back in Triple A or even out of baseball. Most of the Negro Leagues players would have been in the minors or out of baseball. For another thing, although there were good pitchers in the Negro League, pitching was not the forte of the Negro Leagues game. Integration would not have changed the caliber of the pitching Babe Ruth or any other white major leaguer had to face that much. The increase in the quality of the position players would not have affected Ruth's hitting. He didn't bat against position players.
@peace-yv4qd
3 ай бұрын
Babe Ruth still holds the record for the longest pitched game in World Series competition. 14 innings pitched. I think he won it.
@gregh2322
2 ай бұрын
Hank Aaron didn't play back when Ruth did, but he had a 23-year career where his game held up well throughout.
@jmlive10
12 күн бұрын
Different era... extremely different eras...but if babe ruth was born in our time his childhood and upbringing would have been very different...every unique player adapts to the times they are in
@peace-yv4qd
3 ай бұрын
Ruth swung a 41 once bat back then and still got around on the ball. Todays players swing a much lighter bat, I think 34 ounce. Ruth didn't look strong, but he was.
@MapleSyrupPoet
2 ай бұрын
Ruth would do fine today ...he was a Natural ...#timeless ⚾️⚾️⚾️🎯
@kellymcclendon6601
11 ай бұрын
Babe. The greatest of all times.
@tommyzai7038
Жыл бұрын
The Babe would have thrived in any ERA. With today's training and a "clean" lifestyle, he would have been a BEAST!!!
@richardpeetrinpeetrin9817
9 ай бұрын
The "Babe" pitched five games during his 15-season tenure with the New York Yankees (1920-1934), and won all five of them!! Fact. "The Babe" was the BEST! "BABE" RUTH will always be the greatest baseball player of all time.....
@GordonFalt
2 ай бұрын
If the Babe grew up in modern times, and had the same ambitions, yes he would have surely dominated today. He was The Babe
@davidpadilla9468
3 жыл бұрын
Today pitchers are not faster they do not last after six innings
@millabasset1710
3 жыл бұрын
As Bill Burr said " Ruth played in a beer league"
@carseye1219
Жыл бұрын
I've given up on these debates. They don't matter. All that matters is how you did against the best in your era.
@jamesbenn692
5 жыл бұрын
Babe Ruth's first 5 seasons were spent mostly as a pitcher and in the dead ball era.. now if he had batted and let's say averaged 20 home runs the first five seasons that would put him at 814 HR's.. No PED's, the travel conditions were horrible, they played all year around in barnstorming leagues, the baseballs weren't wound as tight as they are today, the fields were longer, the bats weren't as good then as they are today and the pitching WOW, this was a era dominated by pitchers, they could throw spit balls and any other kind of ball back then, no batting helmets, your head was totally exposed.. The Babe is the King and people should show him way more respect.
@jeffreybell4801
2 жыл бұрын
I think the Babe could still be one of the greatest today’s hitter providing today’s training please you could have him as a permanent dh. We really don’t know the Babe’s exit speed of his homeruns were. I believe he probably could had exit speeds at the unreachable 140 mph with his raw strength and today’s training and workouts.
@mstevens94
Жыл бұрын
Ruth could have easily expanded his career as a DH in today's game as Mantle could have, and just hit the ball, where he thrived.
@Shinobi33
Жыл бұрын
And he just DH if had too
@keithleverette8235
9 ай бұрын
Proof it!!!
@cesarquint256
4 жыл бұрын
Common ty cobb was not far away of ruth (a better hitter although babe was looking for the hr and ty for the hit) and lou was amazing also
@Tiredashelljoe107
2 ай бұрын
6’2” 215lbs-ish. He had the size. Natural physical attributes. He would be an all star
@LEWOOF
Жыл бұрын
The pitching mound was 10 inches higher causing more extremes to a pitchers delivery. 10 inch drop for a pitchers stride….!!!!!!!!
@davetrevor4561
Жыл бұрын
AND FOR that reason alone, the babe would laugh at todays pitching,.
@LEWOOF
Жыл бұрын
Yeah they lowered the pitchers mound to give batters a better chance to hit the ball. Babe was swinging a 55 to 58 oz. Bat. During the steroid era monsters were swinging 32 to 36 oz. Bats. Todays better trained…fed..batters are still swinging light bats.
@triumphrocks279
4 жыл бұрын
Ruth would dominate more today then he did then.Everyone was major league caliber then.Today it is watered down wusses.
@tlouandtherest4378
2 жыл бұрын
He would had dominated the hot dog stands the same , otherwise a thome type at best
@veronicabillingsley7371
4 жыл бұрын
Definitely he could
@gatorcroc7212
7 ай бұрын
Honestly under the context of what they said that the beginning? If resurrected in his Prime, with all the knowledge of his whole career? And given maybe two years to train? That includes all modern amenities of nutrition plans, PEDS, training methods, best equipment, and time to study the game? Uh hell yeah Babe Ruth would dominate?? Players live like gods compared to what they were living like in the 1900-1940s when Babe was playing. And same context, any pro player and take them back to that era? With lack of nutrition, rapid transportation, recovery methods, modern equipment? Yeah I dont think they'd be as good as they were in the Modern Era.
@JarrodFLif3r
6 ай бұрын
His feet together set up might needed to change for faster pitches...but we have seemed guys with stances one would think would hurt their ability to react ie Youkilis, Bautista...so it might work against today's faster pitching. Babe's swing itself is a good as any power hitter today, this alone makes me believe he would still hit bombs in today's game
@Juan_Jon_Crouton
Жыл бұрын
i think dan is over looking how bane ruth’s swing was different then most hitters and how his stance lead to baseball players not crossing their legs as they swing
@metaphoria3
Жыл бұрын
The clincher to your argument Dan .. is that even if the avg mlb player is better today than the entire teams he was out homering in the roaring 20’s ... HE MADE THEM THAT WAY .. It was his inspirational transcendent awe inspiring evolutionary revolutionizing the sport and industrializing team sports with something of the likes the world had never seen AND its still the coolest thing you can do in sports .. pimpin the hr and nobody’s did it better than the Babe before or since 🥁 Because of him 🙇 Behold the GOAT of all GOATS Baseball God of all Baseball Gods And scene Fin
@no-bozos
3 ай бұрын
Of course he could, but he wouldn't put up the kind of numbers that he did then. He would certainly be a Hall of Famer. Especially if he took much better care of himself.
@bwink23
3 жыл бұрын
Baseball athletes are much better than yesterday. But Babe was an all-era talent.
@tlouandtherest4378
2 жыл бұрын
BS. When the owners saved baseball not babe they brought the right field fences in and babe wasn’t alone , many other players starting hitting home runs too Today babe would had been like Chris chambliss at best Reggie would had been in high school yard he would have hit thousands of homers. Yes 1000s
@HT-sm9dm
10 ай бұрын
Who told you that baseball “athletes” (LOL) are much better than yesterday? Who told you that?
@raydonnelly4315
Ай бұрын
Simply comical topic, like all these watered down teams players are better ? He would be a star
@eddierivera1860
Жыл бұрын
Different era tough to compare!
@bv7078
3 жыл бұрын
Yes he would thrive and do it without a freakin helmet!
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