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IMO, Ruth counts as a 2-way guy because he did both at the major league level, was successful at both, and only really fully transitioned because it became apparent that his hitting far surpassed his pitching. And as mentioned, he did have a couple seasons where he legit did both.
But it is true that he really only was a 2-way guy for about 2 years. Of course, Ohtani has only been a 2-way guy for about 3 weeks, so the jury's still out on him. I do expect that at some point he'll switch to one or the other full-time, either due to talent level or injury, but exciting to see him so far put on a show doing both.
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