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kairos12

(12,862 posts) Thu Oct 28, 2021, 10:29 AM Oct 2021

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Another record that will never be broken

Difference in HRS for a season between the leader and the runner-up.

Leader Babe Ruth 54. Runner-up George Sisler 19.

Difference 35.

1920

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Another record that will never be broken (Original Post) kairos12 Oct 2021 OP

Any speculation how that disparity occured? Brother Buzz Oct 2021 #1

IDK. It's another Ruth anomaly. kairos12 Oct 2021 #2

Back in those days most teams played for singles, steals and rurallib Nov 2021 #3

Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)

1. Any speculation how that disparity occured?

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu Oct 28, 2021, 01:28 PM

Oct 2021

I got nothing.

kairos12

(12,862 posts)

2. IDK. It's another Ruth anomaly.

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 28, 2021, 09:34 PM

Oct 2021

Like stealing home more times than Ricky Henderson.

Ruth remains the true unicorn.

rurallib

(62,423 posts)

3. Back in those days most teams played for singles, steals and

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 1, 2021, 05:12 PM

Nov 2021

manufacturing single runs. Ruth was an anomaly. But when owners started seeing the crowds Ruth drew, they soon went looking for homer hitters.

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