The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs

Author:

By Bill Jenkinson

Format:

Paperback

Availability:

In print, usually dispatched within 3-4 days.

Price:

£11.50

Tagged with:

Baseball, Babe Ruth, Home Runs

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Further Details

• Published: 1st Feb 2007
• ISBN: 0786719060
• Pages: 412

From the Publisher:

Jenkinson takes readers through Ruth's 1921 season, in which his pattern of batted balls would have accounted for more than 100 home runs in today's ballparks and under today's rules. His research also reveals that during an era of mammoth field dimensions Ruth hit more 450+-foot shots than anybody in history, and the conclusions one can draw are mind-boggling.

Stepping lively through every conceivable argument about the Babe's status among baseball's best--never losing sight of Ruth the man, the showman, the hero--Jenkinson unveils:
* A detailed comparison of Babe Ruth and every other great slugger (past and present)
* Ruth's amazing accomplishments in his 800+ exhibition and barnstorming games
* A detailed description and distance estimate for all 714 official Ruthian home runs
* A through response to the contention that Babe did not play competitively against the great African American ballplayers of his time
* A scientific analysis of Babe Ruth's seemingly implausible physical supremacy
* A carefully crafted comparison of every aspect of competitive difficulty in the baseball world of Babe Ruth's era and baseball as it is played today