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"On a cold day," I guess that's four words. But the ball would not travel as far, when he hit those three on same day at age forty. Mighty.

Babe Ruth pitched an entire season, 1916, without giving up a single home run. During that year, he pitched 323.2 innings. Today's pitchers, for their safety, throw less than 200, most under 150.

Babe Ruth unbroken records:
Career slugging percentage: 0.690
Consecutive winning seasons as a pitcher: ten more wins than loses hurling.
Total Bases in a season: 457 (1921)
Extra-Base Hits: 119 (1921)
Career RBIs: 2,213, still standing.

Significant records that have been broken:
Career home runs: Ruth's 714
Single-season home runs: 60
Both held for decades before being broken.

Best of all, Ty Cobb said "If I knew homeruns were so valued, I would have hit more." Cobb was arguably a better player in a different era of putting the ball in play. He was more exciting to watch. Certainly more hated and feared. Ninety-four times hit by a pitch.

Records of Ty Cobb (all broken but by four different players):

Career batting average: .366
Career hits: 4,189
Career runs scored: 2,246
Career stolen bases: 892, his fifty-four times stealing Home, still a record.



Yours,