Who is the homerun king in YOUR opinion?

Question

barry, babe, or hank?

Answer 1

Ruth is still the Sultan of Swat

Ruth is still the greatest in my eyes because, in relation to the amount of home runs being hit by other sluggers of his time, he achievements were mind boggling. Home runs are still often described as "Ruthian."

The homerun statistics Ruth amassed over the course of his career put his abilities into perspective.

Led the AL in homeruns for 12 seasons.

In 1927 the year he set his single-season record of 60, he individually accounted for 14% of all homeruns in the AL that year. To equal that percentage today, a hitter would need to hit about 340 homeruns in one season.

After the Red Sox sold him to the Yankees in 1920, the Babe single-handedly out-homered the entire Red Sox team in 10 of the next 12 years.

Babe is the only player to ever hit 3 homeruns in a World Series game on two different occasions. Game 4 in 1926; Game 4 in 1928.

His single season mark of 60 stood for 34 years and his career total stood as the record for 39 years.

Answer 2

Any who drinks a cup of coffee in the morning to start their day has no right to condemn Bonds. Anyone who has ever taken an Aspirin for a head ache or a vitamin, or for that matter chose to not use butter on their toast for health reasons has no right to condemn Bonds or his steroid use. It was his body, and his choice, not to mention his business and noboy else's.

I think the steroid abuse, and it's called abuse for a reason, is a non issue. If a guy wants to shrink his genitals in order to bench press a few more pounds and swing a bat harder at the price of having Madonna ridicule the size of his manhood in public, then rat out all of his fellow drug users and call it a "book" just to make a few bucks off the scandal it causes, then why should that be illegal. Humiliating yes, but illegal? I wonder how many MLB players smoked weed, and that's illegal. Under the right circumstances odds are good it could be blamed for a few no hitters being thrown. Justin Verlanders no-hitter the other day was flawed because the other team was high, it should be stripped from the books. Where does it end?

Babe, Hank and Barry aren't "kings" they are ball players, and the fact that Babe was on occasion a drunken lout, Hank was a boyscout and Barry was an @$$hole is nobodies business but the people they live with. Our opinions are only relevant if we pay for a ticket, and once we leave the ball park whether Hank was cleaner than Barry or Babe used a cork bat don't really matter that much. They were all great plalyers, and if you love baseball then you love all three of them because they will always be part of baseball. Pete Rose belongs in the hall of fame, and like it or not Barry's the best home run hitter in history, with or without his morning pick-me-up.

Mention the fact that one was white the other two black and your not talking baseball your talking bigotry, and it serves no purpose other than to degrade both you and the game. Same principle behind the Rose scandle, it's what Pete did on the field that really matters, not his gambling. Claim Babe or Barry didn't like people because of skin color and you prove your bigotry because odds are you never met either man, and you don't know for sure what kind of person they were. All you really know it they could swing a bat better then most.

It ends here.... 756 speaks for itself, it's an amazing feat and Barry is an amazing ballplayer. Pete Rose is baseballs all time hit leader, and he was an amazing ballplayer as well. Their accomplishments on the field surpass any opinions. If you want a king, get English citizenship and wait for Charles to replace the Queen.

Answer 3

All those.
The era Babe started in was dead ball era. Live ball changed the game. How many would there have been if only.....

Hank started in an era with a taller pitchers mound. How many would he have hit if only.....

The era Barry plays in is tainted by the steroids accusations, and the end of the cocaine (and other drugs) era. How many would he have hit if only....

Each is the king of the era in which he has played. They put up fantastic career numbers and should all be celebrated. That is why we mention those whose marks are being passed up by those who come after, to celebrate it all over again.

Answer 4

Sir Hank Aaron.

Answer 5

Barry

Answer 6

Hank

Answer 7

I will say that Ruth is the home run king because he's the one that revolutionized the game, out homered entire teams and made people see the HR as an offensive weapon.

If you adjust Ruth's HRs to Bonds era, his # is 1912, Aaron is at 918 and Bonds at 756

When Ruth retired, he had 714 and only 3 others had more than 300, Lou Gehrig 2nd at 394 or something like that.

Answer 8

Definitely Babe Ruth!

Answer 9

Barry

Answer 10

Babe Ruth.

1. The parks he hit in were larger than they are today.
2. The pitchers he faced were the cream of the crop, not the watered down pitching we have today with 80 gazillion teams.

Hank Aaron on the other hand hit home runs in similar sized parks as Bonds (a little larger in Aaron's day), but again, because there were fewer teams, the overall pitching was better.