In 1927, Ruth hit 60 home runs in a 154-game schedule, but played in only 151 games. This year, Judge hit his 60th home run in game 147 and his 61st in game 155, but Judge has played in only 151 games so far this year. So, do we say that Judge broke the Babe's record given that Judge hit 61 HRs in 151 games and Ruth hit 60 HRs in 151 games?
By the way, Maris played in 161 games in '61 and hit his 60th HR in game 159 and his 61st HR in game 162.
That is up to them. Whatever you want it to be it can be.
Babe could give three shits.
.548 OBP....crazy numbers
Babe could give three shits.
That photo is hilarious...
Ruth played in 151 games that year, but team game 154, in which he hit number 60, was only game 150 for him personally, and it was not the last regular season game for the Yankees.
Ruth played in game 155 and was 0-3.
Where did the extra game come from?
Yanks official final record for 1927 was 110-44-1. The tie occurred in the first series of the year, when the game was called with the score 9-9 after ten innings.
Apparently, the rules at the time called for an extra game to be played to make up for the tie, and, again apparently, it was played the next day against the same opponent, the Philly A's.
Ruth did not hit a homer in the 9-9 tie, but he did hit one in the makeup game.
Ruth hit number 60 in team game 154 but, as I look at it, he did so in a year in which his team played a 155 game schedule.
It's a team record, the team will decide how to handle it, I guess. The records for HRs in a career, HRs in a season, all long gone.
Bill James wrote about the evolution from "Babe Ruth's record for home runs in a season" to "Babe Ruth's record for home runs (in a season)" to Babe Ruth's record for home runs to, eventually, "Ruth's record." The point being, the framing changed over the decades because 60 wasn't challenged. Now it's been done a few times.
It would be a shame if this tempest in a teapot overshadowed Judge's season, which is one of the greatest ever recorded by a MLB hitter.
Or maybe until next year should he hit 61 in 154 games.
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The 1961 Yankees played 163 games. I believe Maris hit 61 in game 163.
Actually, no they didn't. They played the same 162 game schedule as every other team. The only time an extra game has been played has been for a play-in to th season and is very rare. This has been replaced this year with tie breakers.
I think what he is referring to is there are some games that end in a tie because of a rain delay where they replay the entire game and while the game has no effect on the standings, the rained out game's stats do count.
Love how a select group of people try and change the narrative to suit themselves.
Correct. The 1961 Yanks were officially 109-53-1.
The statistical advantage of a tie contributing to individual cumulative stats, because an extra game is played in its entirety, no longer exists.
Rule was changed in 2007 so that games are either resumed or not made up at all.
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The 1961 Yankees were 109-53 but played an extra game because of a tie. In Game 163, Maris' 61st homer beat Boston 1-0.
Correct. The 1961 Yanks were officially 109-53-1.
The statistical advantage of a tie contributing to individual cumulative stats, because an extra game is played in its entirety, no longer exists.
Rule was changed in 2007 so that games are either resumed or not made up at all.
In any event, Maris only played in 161 games.
What MLB rule did the "cheaters" break, Manny?
The “the dynamic trio”, are they who we should be beholden to for saving baseball ? Yeah, OK.
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No SOB is ever gonna break this record. I guess it still holds true. Judge came the closest (not counting the cheaters).
What MLB rule did the "cheaters" break, Manny?
Do you have to break a rule to cheat? Does a concept like "spirit of fair competition" or "spirit of the rules/code/ethos" mean nothing to you? Or are you purely legalistic in your definition of cheating?
The “the dynamic trio”, are they who we should be beholden to for saving baseball ? Yeah, OK.
What the fuck? Sosa “almost did”? He claimed during the hearing that he couldn’t understand English…
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