How many Home Runs would Babe Ruth hit in a season if he were in his prime but in today's era?

[NoCreativity]

I took the question as Babe Ruth in his prime suddenly time traveled to 2019.

I don't think he hits over 10 home runs in that scenario.

Same reason why I think a time traveled MJ would be just an above average ball player in the NBA even just 25 years later from his prime. We progress so much as a society every year.

Not saying Babe Ruth or MJ wouldn't be GOATs or near that if they could train in this Era. Just saying it's a different world these days and I take these in a time travel sense

This might be the dumbest post I've ever read on this site.

 

[CycloneNorth]

https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2019/3/29/18286389/best-players-ever-woba-adam-ottavino-babe-ruth

Im assuming this article helped inspire the thread.

 

[Cyforce]

So Ruth could rake in the 1920's, therefore he would today, and baseball is a game of skill. So hitting a ball is skill. It is, but then how do you explain the during Ruth's time 11 players hit 400 for a season, but none have did its since Teddy ballgame did it in 1946? You are basically saying those players were more skilled than todays players.

In every other sport its true, but not baseball, that the modern athlete is better.

Obviously, Meth is effecting your ability to comprehend basic concepts. Last time, BASEBALL IS A GAME OF SKILLS AND REFINING TALENTS.

 

[cyclone101]

No.

And for matclone's next trick, he will tell us it's just a coincidence East Africans dominate the distance running world!
Have you ever watched an Olympic 100m final? How many white guys do you see running in that event, let alone on the podium?
How about the power lifting events? How many black guys do you see?
It absolutely matters at the elite level. With that said, Ruth not playing against black athletes had no bearing how successful he was. Baseball is a game of skill, not freak athletic ability. And even then, ball sports in general aren't something you would see certain races rise to the top like you do in very high performance, strenuous activities.

I'd say Ruth could hit 20-25 homers per year if you dropped him on a roster and let him adjust a little. I think these 90 mph sliders would eat him up but he would crush a few fastballs and hanging breaking balls and have a decent career. No way he hits anywhere close to 700 home runs though.

 

[matclone]

And for matclone's next trick, he will tell us it's just a coincidence East Africans dominate the distance running world!
Have you ever watched an Olympic 100m final? How many white guys do you see running in that event, let alone on the podium?
How about the power lifting events? How many black guys do you see?
It absolutely matters at the elite level. With that said, Ruth not playing against black athletes had no bearing how successful he was. Baseball is a game of skill, not freak athletic ability. And even then, ball sports in general aren't something you would see certain races rise to the top like you do in very high performance, strenuous activities.

I'd say Ruth could hit 20-25 homers per year if you dropped him on a roster and let him adjust a little. I think these 90 mph sliders would eat him up but he would crush a few fastballs and hanging breaking balls and have a decent career. No way he hits anywhere close to 700 home runs though.

You must have gone to Troll U instead of ISU.

 

[CloneLawman]

Yeah, but who would win if Superman fought Mighty Mouse?

 

[HFCS]

This might be the dumbest post I've ever read on this site.

MJ with today’s officiating would be at least as lethal. There’s no reason to think he wouldn’t still be the best defender at his position either.

Ruth it’s harder to say with drastically more variables.

 

[HFCS]

I think Kyle Schwarber if he ran a little faster might be the modern physical comparison. Both strong arms, Schwarber obviously not a pitcher.

Ruth didn’t really take care of himself in many ways. Modern advances make staying healthy easier but the kind of self destructive off field life still happens and the temptations today would only be greater.

 

[deadeyededric]

He's not wrong. He threw 107 officially once. 2nd fastest mlb pitch ever recorded

That's probably about as accurate as Mickey Mantle's 643 ft. home run.

 

[IASTATE07]

MJ with today’s officiating would be at least as lethal. There’s no reason to think he wouldn’t still be the best defender at his position either.

Ruth it’s harder to say with drastically more variables.

I can't imagine what he would get away with in today's game. That poster was barely alive when Jordan played, but what a horrible take to think Jordan would be just above average.

 

[cyclone101]

You must have gone to Troll U instead of ISU.

Uh, good one?
Fast twitch and slow twitch muscle fibers are a thing. There's science that backs this stuff up. The physiological make up of people plays a massive role in their potential to perform in high intensity sports at elite levels.

For example, no American has ever ran a sub 2:05 marathon. EVER. The ten fastest marathons to date are not only sub 2:05 but sub 2:04... all ran by an Ethiopian or Kenyan runner. There is a Kenyan tribe, the Kalenjin, that pump out runners like crazy and are the source of so many elite marathoners that it's almost scary. Sometimes Kenyan teens are put on a strict training regiment and within a few months are running at a level westerner runners have worked for years to get to.

Quote from an NPR article:
"There are 17 American men in history who have run under 2:10 in the marathon," Epstein says. "There were 32 Kalenjin who did it in October of 2011."

Think about that for just a few seconds. Are you seriously going to try to argue that East Africans just try harder than everyone else or something? This isn't a one off individual like Michael Phelps that wins the genetic lottery of long arms and everything else that makes the perfect swimmer body. It's an entire group of people that have the perfect bodies to run FAST.

 

[harimad]

Ruth would have trouble catching up with the modern pitchers fastball. He used bats that weighed between 38 to 42 oz. The average bat today is 32 oz.

Ruth never had to hit against sliders, cut fastballs or screwballs. During his time a pitcher was expected to go 9 inning. So there is no way that a pitcher could be throwing hard every pitch. Today a modern pitcher is asked to only go 5 to 6 innings, with maximum effort, the its turned over the parade of bullpeners, most throwing in the mid to high 90's.

Hitting well in todays game is the hardest thing to do in sports. Ruth would be a good player today, but nowhere near what he was in the 1910's and 20's.

You guys realize that Bob Feller threw in the 100s, right?

 

[deadeyededric]

You guys realize that Bob Feller threw in the 100s, right?

Probably could hit 100 mph. Old stories make it sound like he was still throwing 105 mph in the 9th inning. I highly doubt he could throw harder than Arlondis Chapman. You get maybe 3 innings of his fastball.

 

[shagcarpetjesus]

He's not wrong. He threw 107 officially once. 2nd fastest mlb pitch ever recorded

How dare you question the authenticity of 1940s measurements!!!!! He throws faster than a speeding motorcycle!!!

 

[shagcarpetjesus]

This is a good point. Take a look at Polo Grounds, 485 feet to straight center. That is almost 100 feet beyond some current parks.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polo_Grounds

Notice those measurements down the lines? 279 to left and 258 to right. Pretty sure some guys got some pop fly home runs in that park as well as some outs hit to the middle of the outfield.

 

[StClone]