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FWIW I took a quick look at the AL totals in 1927 and they back up what I sort of figured: in those days, there were no night games or, I believe, any form of lighting. So a lot of the time those late inning matchups would come as the sun was setting and the air was getting a little cooler. There’s a small drop off in hitting in general from the 6th, which looks like (slightly) the most offense heavy inning, on out. So Ruth getting a third of his HRs in that period means that if anything he had a very slight proclivity towards that period.
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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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