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re: How would Babe Ruth fare in the steroid era?
Posted on 8/15/16 at 5:47 pm to lsufball19
Posted on 8/15/16 at 5:47 pm to lsufball19
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oh it was obviously sketchy, not debating that. but i think it's safe to say he wasn't throwing in the upper 90s or lower 100s, on average, like today's fastest throwers are.
I don't think you got a high 90 guy until Feller.
Guys in the 1920's paced themselves also - throwing complete games and pitching a lot more - I mean Walter Johnson pitched 371 innings one year.
Now the league leaders are at 230.
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Posted on 8/15/16 at 6:09 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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I don't think you got a high 90 guy until Feller.
Maybe, but we don't know. There have always been big-arse Paul Bunyuns strong as shite. There may be a lot more now, but I'm sure there were dudes who could pump it up there from time to time.
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Guys in the 1920's paced themselves also - throwing complete games and pitching a lot more - I mean Walter Johnson pitched 371 innings one year.
No doubt. There's no way you could throw every pitch full velocity throwing as much as they did. But I'm gonna bet they weren't grooving em up to ol Babe. I'm sure he amped them up and got their best stuff.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 7:03 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
quote:That's another point that can't be overlooked. How would the MLB look if guys were pitching 300+ innings? No SP would come near 100 mph if they were pitching that much, so you can imagine and assume basically all pitchers in the 1910s/1920s weren't even getting near 90mph on the vast majority of their pitches. I think that's a safe assumption.
I don't think you got a high 90 guy until Feller. Guys in the 1920's paced themselves also - throwing complete games and pitching a lot more - I mean Walter Johnson pitched 371 innings one year. Now the league leaders are at 230.
I mean, guys are facing harder pitches in high school and AAU ball nowadays. I really don't know why we'd think a guy could all of a sudden hit pitches 10+mph faster than he's likely ever seen and also actual types of pitches he's never seen before, since pitchers back in that day were most 2 pitch guys, with a 3rd pitch mixed in. It just doesn't seem very realistic to think you can just drop any guy from 90 years ago into today's game and expect anything other than a disaster.
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