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Part of the issue is that the homers really aren't "there". If you were to truly normalize Babe Ruth's 1920 to 2011 numbers his card would have him hit 100 or more HRs in a year. In real life he personally IIRC hit more homeruns than any other *team* except one and also more HRs than four teams *combined*. He alone represented something like a third of the AL's total HR output. People would complain about him belting 120 HRs a season in rookie ball even though that's perfectly accurate.
The BABIP does seem low but there too I think it might be given some maluses just to make the card a 100 and not a "if you have this card you will automatically win your league" deal. IRL Ruth's BABIP in 1920 was .365, a number that would be in the top 30 or so best BABIPs since World War II. Doing that *on top of* everything else he does is, well, insane.
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The Great American Baseball Thrift Book - Like reading the Sporting News from back in the day, only with fake players. REAL LIFE DRAMA THOUGH maybe not
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