jwm00@duts.UUCP (John McKenna) (10/30/85)
Babe Ruth hit 714 home runs in his career a mark unsurpassed until Mr. Aaron of the Braves came along. Of those 714 home runs how many were hit in the National League and and for which team? Answer in a few days unless somebody replies correctly.
goguen@cheers.DEC (Don Goguen 381-2565) (11/04/85)
Babe hit 6 for the Boston Braves in his last year - including 3 in one game... - Don Goguen DEC/Nashua, NH
bobn@bmcg.UUCP (Bob Nebert) (11/04/85)
> Babe Ruth hit 714 home runs in his career a mark unsurpassed until Mr. Aaron > of the Braves came along. Of those 714 home runs how many were hit in the > National League and and for which team? Answer in a few days unless somebody > replies correctly. Answer this when you are thru. How many of Ruth's home runs hit the outfield grass and then bounced over the fence for a home run?? It was legal beck then.
pete@umcp-cs.UUCP (Pete Cottrell) (11/07/85)
>Answer this when you are thru. >How many of Ruth's home runs hit the outfield grass >and then bounced over the fence for a home run?? > >It was legal beck then. Yes, and then they invented ground rule doubles. I don't know the answer, but do remember reading that Ruth's 60 homers in 1927 were hit before the ground-rule double rule went into effect, in, I think, 1930 or 1931. As you know, Roger Maris has always had a star next to his 61, so someone thought "Hey! If some of Ruth's homers would have been doubles using the rules Maris played under, it could help legitimize Maris' record". However, a search apparently revealed that all of Ruth's homers that year were 'real'. Sorry, Roger. -- Call-Me: Pete Cottrell, Univ. of Md. Comp. Sci. Dept. UUCP: seismo!umcp-cs!pete CSNet: pete@umcp-cs ARPA: pete@mimsy.umd.edu