DIDN’T THE TWO BALL PLAYERS THAT BROKE BABE RUTH’S HOME RUN RECORD, HAVE MORE AT BATS.SOMEONE GOT AN ANSWER?

6 Comments

1. Utter Chaos says:

   August 2, 2010 at 7:01 am

   Babe Ruth had 8398 at bats when he finished his career.

   Hank Aaron hit his 714th in at bat number 11289.

   Barry Bonds hit his 714th in 9236 at bats.
2. Chipmaker says:

   August 2, 2010 at 7:01 am

   Yes, Aaron and Bonds both did. So? Career home runs is a counting record, with a base unit of "career".

   Want to futz about with home run rate marks, go right ahead, HR/AB or HR/PA or HR/hotdogs eaten. Baseball statistics is a big, nay, HUGE tent, a wonderland of stupid fun. Delve in, please yourself. Different means of analysis tell us different things. And thus, we learn.
3. Pride ™ says:

   August 2, 2010 at 7:01 am

   Lefty come on, "Barroid".
   I expected better from you.

   And to this post: Why are u yelling? (All caps)
4. bill k says:

   August 2, 2010 at 7:01 am

   That is true, but the stats base is still the same….HR’s per career. Now if you want to get into HR/AB or something like that, that opens a different stat category entirely.

   One of the first arguments about stats that I ever had, and one that went on entirely too long, also concerned Ruth. Then it was HR/season. When Maris hit 61 in"61 he had the benefit of a newly lengthened a season. The widespread argument resulted in that famous asterisk being permanently affixed to Maris’ name in the record book. My argument against that said the record was for an unqualified season. You could close the book on Ruth where he would reign eternally supreme in the 154 game season. Or, and here is where I was called a heretic, you could put an asterisk next to Ruth, citing that fact.

   I remember mentioning the Maris-Ruth controversy to a friend of mine for the first time during McGuire’s 70 HR season and was surprised at how strong his feelings still were. Time did not heal that wound.
5. seanbetr says:

   August 2, 2010 at 7:01 am

   not sure about Hank
   but Bonds had at least doubel that im sure of
6. Lefty says:

   August 2, 2010 at 7:01 am

   Yes..Hank Aaron and Barroid Bonds had a lot more at bats then the Babe.