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The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs

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796: 589: 166:"The Analysis" section presents arguments about the comparative difficulty of playing in Ruth's era of longer fields versus playing on the shorter fields of modern stadiums. It covers traveling conditions and other factors of the differing eras, and includes a detailed recap of Ruth's so-called "hidden career" - his time playing exhibition games. The section also covers and illustrates Ruth's pure power. 195:, occurred), and many exceeded 450. Some were less than 300, in the widely variant dimensions of ballparks of that era. From that long list, as well as discussion in other parts of the book, some of Ruth's longest home runs at each ballpark can be summarized. Ruth was especially prolific in his great 1921 season: 311:
Oct 12 1926- 600–650 feet. Ruth came to the Wyoming Valley on October 12, to take part in an exhibition game between Hughestown and Larksville. After challenging Larksville pitcher Ernie Corkran to throw his fastest pitch over the plate, Ruth cracked what is now deemed to be the longest home run ball
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On pp.272-273, the author reports a story told to him by his own father. When he was 14, his uncle had taken him to Shibe Park, and they bought the cheapest seats possible – on the rooftops across the street behind right field. He was feeling disconnected from the game, until the third inning, when
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in March 2007. The title refers to Jenkinson's conclusion that in modern ballparks under modern rules, Ruth would have hit 104 home runs in 1921, 90 in some other seasons, and over 60 many times. The author's research concludes that Ruth would have hit well over a thousand home runs in his career.
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The third section features charts, graphs and other detailed statistical information that backs up the data from the previous sections. Included in this section is a listing of every home run and long fly ball Ruth ever hit, aerial photographs of the stadiums Ruth played in, and final home run
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The first section is devoted to a year-by-year recap of Babe Ruth's career. It starts in 1914 and runs through Ruth's final season in 1935. Each chapter features personal highlights and picks out Ruth's longest home runs, essentially hitting the longest home run in every stadium he played in.
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On pages 300–339, the author lists every home run hit by Ruth during his career, along with estimated distances that the ball flew in each case. According to Jenkinson's estimates, a sizable number of Ruth's homers exceeded 500 feet (the official record is
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Ruth sent a rifle shot (or so it sounded to the young teen) over his head and over two rows of flats. He told the author that Ruth "pulled me inside the park with him; all of a sudden, it was like I was in the infield."
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ever hit in the entirety of baseball history (and not just in the history of professional baseball). The day after the exhibition game, the Associated Press gave a descriptive account of Ruth's blast.
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The book is in three major sections, "Part 1: The Career", "Part Two: The Analysis", and "Part Three: The Facts".
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biography but is a factual treatise of Ruth's power and his dominance of the game of baseball.
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The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs: Recrowning Baseball's Greatest Slugger
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Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois, Aug 16, 1927 – 520 feet – off (Alphonse)
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in 1953, off Chuck Stobbs, although other long home runs, such as
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is a 432-page non-fiction book by Bill Jenkinson published by
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Bill Jenkinson is a renowned baseball scholar. He resides in
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of Cleveland – over deep right center field double deck roof.
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Baseball
Babe Ruth
Home Runs
Carroll & Graf Publishers
ISBN
0-7867-1906-0
OCLC
83609728
Carroll & Graf Publishers
Babe Ruth
Mickey Mantle
Griffith Stadium
Dave Nicholson
Comiskey Park
Plant Field
Tampa, Florida
George Smith
New York Giants
Griffith Stadium
Walter Johnson
Sportsman's Park
St. Louis, Missouri
Urban Shocker
Navin Field
Detroit
Bert Cole
Polo Grounds
Ray Caldwell
Comiskey Park

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