re: Hank Aaron compares GOP to the Klan

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Don't know how many Ruth hit.

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I doubt those are easily accessible - Ruth was a long ball machine, though. And he did not really take baseball seriously - he was just naturally gifted at it (meaning, hitting homeruns).

It cannot be overstated how, while Ruth deserves almost all the credit he gets, he benefitted from batting in the 3 hole ahead of Gehrig as clean up all those years.

While Ruth is the undisputed OPS+ career leader (probably the justification for his "greatest offense player ever" tag), Gehrig was third - FOR A CAREER.

That means that, in "Murderers Row" - an opposing pitcher would face (arguably) 2 of the 3 best offensive players...in history...every 2 to 3 innings - back-to-back.

The 1927 year is particularly illustrative of the problem (arguably the best baseball team of all time) Again, Ruth, typically batting 3rd and Gehrig batting 4th, combined for 107 homeruns, 338 RBIs, averaging about .365 (combined) on fewer than 1100 combined at bats. That means that - in a typical 3 game weekend series, just those 2 players would account for 3 or 4 RBIs, a home run or 2, and would combine for 5 hits or so, 3 of which for extra bases. Just those 2 out of 9 guys.

For the day, I don't know how a team could have produced more offense.