In 1930 the Great Depression threatened the game baseball as a moneymaking business. After the great stock market crash thousands of Americans found themselves unemployed. At this time 1 out of every 4 were unemployed wandering from town to town setting up shantytowns by railroads and even in central park. Baseball suffered, as many could ...
While many people know that Hank Aaron is currently the leader in all time American baseball home runs, there are other facts, both well known, and lesser known about this baseball great. Aaron, along with his brother Tommie, holds the record for the most home runs by a team of brothers in baseball. Aaron’s career ...
Babe Ruth was a man of great accomplishments. Whether it was setting a World Series record for most consecutive scoreless innings as a pitcher, hitting 54 home runs in a season in which only one other entire team hit that many or eating 10 hot dogs in the dugout during a game, Ruth was a ...
When looking for the greatest baseball player of all-time from a statistical standpoint of view, it is impossible to really make a case for anybody but Babe Ruth. He towers above the competition in so many ways, dominates in so many ways, that it is relatively easy to say he is the greatest baseball player ...
*OPS+ or League Adjusted On-Base plus Slugging Regular OPS calculates the abilities of a player both to get on base and to hit for power, the two most important hitting skills, and the easiest stat in measuring a player’s worth. Adjusted OPS+ is OPS (OBP + SLG) relative to league average and adjusted for park ...