Who was better Player Ty Cobb or Babe Ruth ?
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if u want happy jolly and all around good ballplayer, than ruth.  but i u want mean evil sadistic good ballplayer, than it is cobb.
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From BaseballLibrary.com:\n\nEverything about the Babe was excessive: his bat - 44 ounces, his frame - top playing weight of 254 pounds, his appetites - food and drink consumed in abundance, salary $75,000 in 1932 - highest in the majors.
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Babe Ruth. He took baseball out of the dead ball era and made it Americas pass time, the era before him was rife with gambling fixed games and sluggardly players he made it a fans game, he opened up the home run era unlike Barry Bonds who closed the steroid era. Ruth was the game he established the Yankee dynasty(I am NOT a Yankee fan. Twins) There might have more talented Ted Williams, Joe D. players but no one was more photogenic or accesible or self effacing as Ruth. Given thar if Williams had not spent the better part of three years in the Marines he would probably rank higher than Ruth but that is life
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Babe Ruth\n\nRuth, a left hander, proved to be (1914—19) a formidable pitcher for the Red Sox and one of the most successful in major-league baseball, winning 87 and losing 44 games and winning three World Series games (one in 1916, two in 1918). However, because pitchers do not play in every game, in 1919 Ruth was shifted to the outfield, where his hitting prowess could be used consistently.\n\nThe following year he was sold to the New York Yankees of the American League, and because of his batting feats and attractive public personality he greatly helped to salvage baseball's popularity, weakened by revelations that gamblers and players, in the so-called Black Sox scandal, had successfully conspired to influence the results of the 1919 World Series. Ruth hit the most home runs per season for several years (1919—21, 1923—24, 1926—30), tied for the home run lead in 1918 and 1931, and set a record of 60 home runs in a 154-game season in 1927. (In 1961 Roger Maris hit 61 in a 162-game season, in 1998 Mark McGwire hit 70, and in 2001 Barry Bonds hit 73.) Ruth hit 714 home runs in major league play, a record that held until 1974, when Hank Aaron surpassed it. Ruth led the Yankees to seven pennants (1921—23, 1926—28, 1932), and Yankee Stadium, built in 1923, came to be known as "the house that Ruth built." \n\nHe was the highest-paid player of his era, but toward the end of his career he took several salary cuts before he was traded by the Yankees to the Boston Braves (National League) in 1935. He played with the Braves while serving as assistant manager but soon (June, 1935) was released.\n\nRuth was an unmistakable figure with his large frame and spindle-thin legs, and his talented and colorful play captured baseball fans' imagination. For example, in the third game of the 1932 World Series he appeared to indicate a spot in the stands of the Chicago Cubs' ball park where he would hit the ball and promptly blasted it there for a home run. Off the playing field "the Bambino," as he was affectionately called, made headlines for his charitable actions, such as visiting sick children in hospitals, as well as for his prodigious appetites and flamboyant lifestyle.\n\nIn 1936, Ruth became the second player to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame; Ty Cobb was the first. A year before he died he established and endowed the Babe Ruth Foundation to aid underprivileged youth. He wrote How to Play Baseball (1931). ...
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Babe Ruth is the greatest baseball player of all time... Clemente was incredible, and his World Series performance in 1971 was the best I've ever seen. His batting performance against the four 20-game winners of the Orioles was unbelievable (he batted .414)... I can't really say anyone has had a better World Series since that time (I've been watching W Series since 67).  Clemente hit safely in all 14 World Series games he played (1960 and 1971).\n\nClemente has benefited from a halo effect because of his heroic death, but he was in fact only the 3rd best right fielder of his time, after Aaron and Frank Robinson. However, that's not to say he wouldn't be the best right fielder in the game today. Ichiro is similar in the outfield to Clemente, except that Ichiro is faster. Anyone who ever saw Clemente gun down a runner at third or home will tell you that Ichiro's arm is very close to Clemente's, and Clemente may have had the greatest throwing arm of all time. His throws combined strength, accuracy and speed of release in whatever proportions were necessary to get the job done. His defensive statistics are probably the best of any right fielder ever.\n\nHowever, Clemente was not the player that Babe Ruth was.\n\nPlus, I pointed out in another thread (asking this same question)that, for more than 30 years, Babe Ruth simultaneously held the World Series records for (1) Most Home Runs HIT  and  (2) Most consecutive scoreless innings PITCHED.  His last W.S. HR was hit in 1932, and it wasn't until 1964 that Mantle passed him (Mantle ended up with 18, still the WS record).  Ruth's 29 consecutive scoreless innings streak (last pitched in W.S. of 1918)  was not broken until 1961, by Whitey Ford.\n\nBTW, Ruth is not the "only pitcher to have a winning record against the Yankees (among pitchers with 10 or more wins against them)".   Walter Johnson's career record against the Yankees, for example, is 61-38, with 21 shutouts... I'd say that qualifies as a winning record (Johnson's career record was 417-279.\n\nI'd bet that Lefty Grove also had a winning record against the Yanks, seeing has (1) his career record was 300-141 and (2) the A's were a dominant team in the late 20's/early 30's winning three straight pennants right in the middle of the Ruth/Gehrig era. Grove went 31-4 one of those years.\n\nVic Power's (see next comment) career numbers are \nGames 1,627\nAt Bats 6,046\nRuns  765 \nHits  1,716 \nDoubles 290 \nTriples 49 \nHomers  126  \nRBI's   658 \nBatting Avg  .284  \nOn Base Pct .315  \nSlugging Pct  .411\n\nHe was a good player, but not Hall of Fame caliber, I'm afraid...\n\nIt's usually useful, in trying to figure out whether a player belongs in the Hall of Fame or not, to apply a little test (called "the Keltner test") to his career record. It's not a test to be 'scored' in the sense that everyone over a certain number of 'yes' answers should be in, and everyone below should be out...but it's a useful way of claryfying where the player stands... \n\nAmong the questions you should ask yourself are:\n\n# 1  Was he ever regarded as the best player in baseball? Did anybody, while he was active, ever suggest that he was the best player in baseball?\n\n# 2 Was he the best player on his team?\n\n# 3 Was he the best player in baseball at his position? Was  he the best player in the league at his position?\n\n# 4 Did he have an impact on a number of pennant races? (Both positive and negative impacts should be considered)\n\n# 5 Was he good enough that he could continue to play regularly after passing his prime?\n\n# 6 Is he the very best baseball player in history who is not in the Hall of Fame?\n\n# 7 Are most players who have comparable statistics in the Hall of Fame?\n\n# 8 Do the player's numbers meet Hall of Fame standards?\n\n# 9 Is there any evidence to suggest that the player was significantly better or
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Hey I'm a Braves fan and Hank Aaron is not what you think he is.  He's everything that Bonds is on a more bitter level.  He is ever bit of a racist and bitter about everything, and no one for the Braves cares much for him because of it.  The Media disliked him intensely because he was chasing the Babe, and he was not enjoyable to talk to from the media.  The parallels between the two personas is startling.  As far as the better hitter, no doubt it is Barry Bonds, and even before the steroids things came up he was still the best hitter I've ever seen in my lifetime.  Barry Bonds changed the way you play the Pirates or Giants, Hank never brought the fear like that in anyone.  One of the most overrated players of all time.  Take away the HR's and he's an average player.  Bonds has had insane batting averages and OBP seasons and MVPS.
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Whitey Ford - "The Yankees won 11 pennants in Ford's years with them. He ranks first all-time in WS wins (10), losses (8), games and games started (22), innings pitched, hits, bases on balls, and strikeouts. In the 1960, '61, and '62 Series, he pitched 33 consecutive scorelesss innings, breaking Babe Ruth's WS record of 29-2/3."\n\nI would also vote for (in no particular order): Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, Christy Mathewson, and Mariano Riveria.
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Babe Ruth was 17-5 against the Yankees.  That's a .773 winning percentage, and about the best that I can find.
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Right Now- Jeter. His average and number of hits are superior.\nCareer- A-rod. His stats over his whole career are vastly superior to Jeters.
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Barry Bonds is better.  I don't know the statistics but I know that Barry Bonds (according to my dad) was a good young player in the '90's and he was skinny.  He was able to play well and just didn't get that much attention, that's all.  I would say he is a better player because he would've passed Babe Ruth's record even without steroids; it's just that now that everyone knows he took steroids to get attention, he looks bad.  He also to most people looks like all his home runs came from steroids, but 'tis false in my opinion.  He just wanted attention for being big and powerful QUICKLY, so took the short way and did steroids to have immediate attention.  He is still a better player, but just made the wrong choice.  He could've begun to get attention when he was getting closer to the home run record; he already was the sole member of the 400-400 club (400 home runs, 400 stolen bases), and eventually he would've gotten attention and been inducted into the Hall of Fame for his accomplishments; THEN everybody would see how great he was.  But now it's all negative attention.  I repeat, though, that Barry Bonds is a better player.
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Good Question, I base my answer on how they Master or improve the sport they play in.\n\n\n 1. Baseball-- Babe Ruth\n BGeorge Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American original, baseball's first great slugger and the most celebrated athlete of his time. The southpaw hurler debuted with the Red Sox, winning 89 games in six years while setting the World Series record for consecutive scoreless innings. "The Sultan of Swat" converted to the outfield full-time after his sale to the Yankees in 1920 and led New York to seven American League pennants and four World Series titles. He finished with 714 home runs, leading the league 12 times.\n \n2. Basketball -- Micheal Jordan\nHonors: Six-time NBA champion (1991-93, 1996-98); MVP (1988, '91, '92, '96, '98); 10-time All-NBA First Team (1987-93, 1996-98); All-NBA Second Team (1985); Defensive Player of the Year (1988); Nine-time All-Defensive First Team (1988-93, 1996-98); Rookie of the Year (1985); 14-time All-Star; All-Star MVP (1988, '96, '98); One of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History ('96); Olympic gold medalist (1984, '92).\n\n3. Johhny Unitas\nthe time of his retirement in 1973, Johnny Unitas, the superstar quarterback of the Baltimore Colts, held virtually every career passing record that existed in the National Football League. Since that time, some of those records have been surpassed.\nOne record, however, still remains and may be one of the NFL's few unbreakable records. Comparable to Joe Dimaggio's 56-game hit streak, Unitas compiled a string of 47 straight games in which he threw at least one touchdown pass.\n\n 4. Boxing ----Ali \nTHE SELF-proclaimed "Greatest of All Time," Ali had a pretty good idea of what he was talking about. He became the first man to win the heavyweight title three times and revolutionized the sport by introducing a style that went against many of the game's sacred teachings\n\n 5. Tennis -- Billie Jean King\nBillie Jean Moffitt King began blazing through the tennis world in 1960 when she first appeared in women's rankings at No, 4. She was 17. For more than two decades she continued as a force in the game as the all-time Wimbledon champion, frequently the foremost player, a crusader in building the female professional game and a million-dollar-plus winner on the tour.
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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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1.  Babe Ruth\n2.  Comiskey\n3.  1943\n4.  Pie Traynor in 1934\n5.  Fred Lynn in 1983\n\nNice of you to edit your answers, Rick H, after everyone behind you posted the right answers.  When I posted mine, you didn't have 3 and 4 correct.
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for me it's gotta be "The Babe",....not only was he the dominant hitter of his time, he was also a pretty good pitcher, who still has pitching record's on the books. what makes him even better, in my eyes, is he did it without the use of steroids or HGH. he did however use BHD,(Beer and Hot Dogs) in his training regiment.
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How can they justify Ty Cobb in the Hall of Fame or Denny McClain or Babe Ruth and not Pete Rose.  Anybody who has ever watched Pete play knows he didn't throw any games.   His lifetime ban from being in the game is justified, his not being in the Hall is a farce.  The fact that they will let Barry Bonds even pass Babe Ruth's home run mark or get anywhere near the accomplishments of Hank Aaron is a black mark on the game of baseball.  Selig needs to step in and ban Barry Bonds from playing until a inquiry can be completed.
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Sam Crawford with 309. Ty Cobb is second with 295.
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Babe Ruth maxxed out at $80,000.  Joe DiMaggio was the first $100,000 baseball player.