Until about 1980 there were 8 basic stats on the back of baseball cards. In 1976 I created a tournament among the TSN all-time all-stars – I picked what years I thought were the best years for Ruth(1927) Williams (1941) Cobb (1911) etc… and had them compete. I remember who won - Rogers Hornsby 1922 -I decided to recreate the tournament and expand it to see if Rogers Hornsby 1922 season will still win.
Babe Ruth 1927 vs. Rod Carew 1977
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AB | 540 | 616 | Carew |
RUNS | 158 | 128 | Ruth |
HITS | 192 | 239 | Carew |
2B | 29 | 38 | Carew |
3B | 8 | 16 | Carew |
HR | 60 | 14 | Ruth |
RBI | 165 | 100 | Ruth |
BAT | 356 | 388 | Carew |
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Carew wins in an incredible upset – taking out Babe Ruth
THE BRACKETS
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Cochrane | Bench |
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| Clemente | Brett |
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Cobb |
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Musial | Cobb |
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| Aaron | Banks |
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Gehrig | Gehrig |
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| Bonds | Mays |
Suzuki |
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Ruth |
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| Rose | Rose |
Sosa | Ruth |
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| Rose |
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Traynor | Carew |
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| Killebrew | Killebrew |
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Williams |
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Ramirez | Ramirez |
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| Cabrera | Cabrera |
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Wagner | Wagner |
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| Snider | McCovey |
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