what was particularly significant about babe ruth's 60 home runs in 1927?
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Well, it broke the old home run record, also set by Ruth. It was also more than several entire teams hit that year. There were a lot of things significant about it.
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Their really isn't one correct answer to this question, I'll try to explain. I’ll start with the home run that Mickey Mantle hit at Griffith Stadium in Washington on April 17, 1953. The entire baseball world was led to believe the ball had traveled 565 feet from home plate to the point where it landed.\nIn truth, that figure derived from the distance from home plate to the place where a neighborhood child retrieved the ball. However, the actual distance in the air was probably about 510 feet (most sources still have this as #1). The same process happened again with Mantle on September 10, 1960 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit when a ball he hit was reported to have traveled 643 feet but it is readily apparent once again that the ball had bounced several times before it reached the estimated distance (this is the home run that the "Guinness Book of Records" has as #1). When your talking about tape measure home runs you can’t leave out Babe Ruth. It was said that Ruth once hit one 587 feet in an exhibition game against the Giants back in 1919. Also his tremendous blow to right-center field in Detroit on June 8, 1926, has often been reported as traveling 628 feet, but again was it measured where it first landed or where it came to a rest. Included among the other great exaggerations in the history of tape measure home runs are Dave Nicholson’s Comiskey Park rooftopper on May 6, 1964 who’s shot was calculated at 573 feet. The calculations were on the assumption that the ball traveled completely over the left-center-field roof. However, subsequent\ninvestigation indicated that the ball landed on the back of the roof before bouncing out into the night. Also, when Dave Kingman launched his wind-aided blow in Chicago’s Wrigley Field on April 14, 1976, "The New York Times" somehow concluded that it had flown 630 feet. It has been confirmed that the ball struck against the third house beyond Waveland Avenue, which is situated about 530 feet from home plate. Yet another claim (by the "Guinness Book of Records"), has a minor league player by the name of Roy Edward "Dizzy" Carlyle having hit one 618 feet at Emeryville Ball Park, CA on July 4, 1929. Mark McGwire hit several home runs over 500 feet and one over 540 and his is measured accurately every time he hits one. I know I didn’t cover everything but I hope I covered enough to satisfy you.\n\nAlso, Mantle's home run off the facade at Yankee Stadium on May 22, 1963 traveled between 370 to 374 feet and was between 115 to 117 feet high. If it was still going up like some people claim it would have traveled an estimated distance of 620 feet if left unimpeded. However, the reality is that the ball was already on its way down, and those reporting the trajectory were victimized by a common optical illusion. It is a scientific fact that if Mantle, or anyone else, had sufficient strength to hit a ball that was still traveling upward when it met the towering facade, he would also have enough strength to clear that same facade by a distance of at least 100 feet. In order for the ball to be rising at roof level, it would have to have been traveling at a lower angle than that which produces maximum distance. If Mantle had provided the same power or velocity, but had launched the ball at a higher and more efficient angle, it would have passed out of Yankee Stadium at a height of over 200 feet! Mantle hit the facade on two or perhaps three occasions, but never cleared it.\nSource(s):\nYou can also go to:\n\nhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/ar...
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Mickey Mantle hit what is considered the longest home run ever at an estimated distance of 643 feet on September 10, 1960.
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In 2503 games and 8399 At Bats, Babe Ruth hit 714 Home Runs.  So far, Barry Bonds has played in 2773 games with 9258 At Bats to hit 715 Home Runs.  So, Ruth did it with 270 less games and 859 less At Bats.  One of less mentioned benefits of the special "vitamins" that Bonds takes is that it allows players to lengthen their careers by helping them recover quicker from injuries.
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Babe Ruth had 659 of his 714 Homeruns with the Yankees, so that makes him the player with most homeruns for the yankees.\n\nDarryl Strawberry had 252 Homeruns as a NY Met, making him the all time leader for the Mets.
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Babe Ruth is your Radio Trivia Answer
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I believe Ruth got the name after he kept breaking his own HR record and the year he hit 60 he hit more than any American League team. He was just head and shoulders above everyone. The King or "Sultan" of HR hitting.\n\nAs for my favorite nickname. I must turn to Chris Berman on this one, and say my favorite nickname will always be......... Matt "Baaouuuu! Werewolves of..." Blundin.
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He is definitely worth it. People totally exaggerate the impact of steroids on the great baseball players. Yes, steroids probably helped Luis Gonzales hit 57 home-runs when he has never hit over 30 in any other season. But steroids have not caused Barry Bonds to hit more home-runs. Go back to his earliest days, and Barry was crushing home-runs. Barry's totals have improved largely because he has become extremely selective (never swinging at anything out of the strike zone), and because he continues to perfect his craft as a hitter. Barry rarely misses a mistake. We are talking about a man who hit over 50 home-runs in a year where he received more intentional walks than ARod received in his entire career...ARod!!!! As for Babe Ruth's single season and career home-run numbers, does anyone complain about the fact these records were made possible by ending the dead ball era? That's right...before 1921, the major league record for home-runs in a season was 16. Do you think athletes all starting doping in 1921? Actually, no. Major league baseball actually changed the baseball, making it travel farther when hit. So yes, Barry Bonds is worthy to break Babe Ruth's career home-run record...and Hank Aaron's for that matter.
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Unfortunately, no.  Records were not well kept in the Negro Leagues.  However, many say that he hit around 800 in his career.  \n\nHere's a little bio information from the Hall of Fame.\n"A tragic and legendary figure, Josh Gibson was the greatest power hitter in black baseball, pounding out home runs with regularity despite playing most of his career in two of baseball's most cavernous ballparks: Forbes Field and Griffith Stadium. He utilized a fluid, compact swing to hit for both average and power, and tales of his mammoth home runs became legend. In recorded at-bats against big league pitching, Gibson batted .426. He died just three months before the integration of baseball in the major leagues."\n\nAlso, \n"In various publications, the 6-foot-1, 215-pounder has been credited with as many as 84 homers in one season. His Hall of Fame plaque says he hit "almost 800" homers in his 17-year career. His lifetime batting average was higher than .350, with one book putting it at .384, best in Negro League history."\n\nNo doubt it is a tragedy that baseball was not integrated until the 1940's.
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Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa both did it in 1998-99. Actually, the hit more that 60 home runs in those years
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who cares the steroid taken s-o-b babe Ruth set the record taking beer and hot dogs
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No, and who cares. It's not like it's the main big record or anything important.\n\nFace it, babe ruth's is history, just another player who played the game...no longer a legend in his own mind.
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Jimmy Piersall - it was his 100th home run. He had bipolar disorder, and actually said in his autobiography, "Probably the best thing that ever happened to me was going nuts. Whoever heard of Jimmy Piersall, until that happened?"\n\nAfter that, running the bases backwards was prohibited, as it was a travesty of the game.
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Lou Gehrig had 184 in 1931.\n\nhttp://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gehrilo01.shtml\n\nhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_rbi1.shtml
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The Guinness Book of World Records lists the longest recorded home run at 634 feet by Yankee great Mickey Mantle on Sept. 10, 1960, at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Many dispute the record as myth or claim that the ball actually landed and rolled to its resting point 634 feet away from home plate.
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GreenCaddyMan needs to read the question.  Ken Griffey Jr. hold's the the record for most Home Runs in the month of April, not September.\n\nBut yeah as for the real answer it is Albert Belle.  I just wish he didn't get hurt and have to retire as soon as he did.  He was a big help to the Orioles before he left the game!
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Babe Ruth maxxed out at $80,000.  Joe DiMaggio was the first $100,000 baseball player.