re: How did Hank Aaron hit so many homeruns being as small as he was?

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What makes you say that? baseball is a game of adjustments...I think they'd do just fine.

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First of all, just based on pure population of the people who play baseball and how often they play it to specialize that skill is unmatched today. You have kids playing year-round today to perfect it. You have big time $ being spent to develop it at the youth levels than ever before. And just by having more population, you're more likely to have more talented ball players.

You don't know for sure. Maybe, maybe not. It's my opinion they wouldn't.

Mays had a career BA of .302. Aaron .305 and that was against pitchers who didn't throw near as hard. It was against 1 or 2 relievers. Today, there are ground ball specialists, lefty specialists, power bullpen guys. Just about every bullpen guy brings 94+ today. Then, not so much.

Trout and miggy's career BA is .314 and .320, respectively. Granted, they're not finished and it's waaaaaay too soon to tell on Trout, I just don't think they would've hit at these levels. HRs, maybe, BA no. The bigger parks allowed for a lot more hits.