Except for pitching, Mays wars probably the best all-around player in baseball.
And yet, Ruth hit 714 homeruns. Others hit over .400. So, what's your point? I think I would disagree with you.
Today, how many pitchers go 9 innings? Like, none! They go 5 or 6 and then the day or night is over. Perhaps that will save his elbow. He's already gone through that once. It will happen again. Ohtani is no doubt a great player. The greatest? No.
Look...
yea in the live ball era......there is a big difference in the conditions of play in the dead ball and live ball eras...with the ball especially and how long they used the same ball in play.......
He needs more years in the league to be the GOAT. Eight years isn't enough even though he's done things in 8 years what no player has ever done.
To be a "best player ever", one woukd need a lifetime batting average of A LOT higher than .282.
lots of great ball players are below .300....batting avg aint the whole story anyway,,,,
right his era....if ruth would have played in the 1930's he wouldnt have been so dominate....better pitchers and more power hitters then...
Everybody has to be judged in the context of their era. We will never see any pitcher who wins 511 games. Hell, in the future we may not see a pitcher who wins 200 games but solely comparing Cy Young's wins with anyone else falls apart in context.
200 wins?....why not?.....if a good pitcher avgs 15 wins a year he has 150 in ten years....its still possible....
In my lifetime when younger, 20 game winners was a benchmark. For some reason a 19-game winner looked slightly different to me even though that was good. Up until the reserve clause being removed, players belonged to the teams that they played for. In my view, after the first decade or so of free agency and players not tied to the teams they played for the sport of baseball killed itself as the national past time. Endless strikes and then steroids out of control were its death knell. Player may be in better shape and even more athletic at a higher percentage, yet they are on the disabled list at a higher percentage also. The world series ratings was huge a half century ago give or take some years. Today it is a third of that era in a good year and less in many others.
Yeah, players are pampered these days. A lot of pitchers blew out their arms by the time they hit 30ish, Sandy Koufax being the prime example. Others like Ryan, Clemens and Carlton had bionic arms and carried on into 40ish. As an investment, I can understand why innings are limited.
