Amazing player and probably an unprecedented individual performance. But enough with all the talk that he’s the greatest player who ever lived. That would be …The Babe.
Batting:
HRs per 162: Ruth 46, Ohtani 45
RBIs per 162: Ruth 141, Ohtani 106
Lifetime BA: Ruth .340, Ohtani .282
Lifetime OBP: Ruth .474, Ohtani .374
Lifetime SLG: Ruth .690, Ohtani . 582
Pitching:
ERA: Ruth 3.00, Oh 3.00
W-L: Ruth 94-46 (.671), Ohtani 39-20 (.661)
Compare each player’s HR too the rest of the league.
Babe was playing in an era where he was on another level than the competition.
Baseball players weren’t being paid half a billion dollars. Many would have other jobs during the off season. Sports conditioning.
Overall, the average player now is 9/10 compared to the 5/10 players back then.
True for most sports. Go look at the size of the average lineman of, say, the Steelers Steal Curtain era (first players to widely use steroids btw) or even back to the Packers (pre steroids). 260, 5 foot linemen.
Now they’re 395 and 6’7”.
But Babe’s stats on their own are for sure most impressive ever.
This was one amazing game from Ohtani. Will see how he develops over time.
Taking nothing Away from the Babe, but he played in a segregated league without the talents of black and latino players.