babe ruth vs ty cobb

[drychlick]

so who you think is the best baseball player of them all! love dr please vote

 

[clint g]

Ruth. He made baseball what it is today.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Ty Cobb was badass, but I agree, the Babe was the overall better player.

 

[J.T.B.]

Kind of a dead-ball vs. live-ball era comparison. Ruth is better in pretty much every offensive stat you care to look at, but Cobb had an amazing career. Led the league in batting 11 times and SB six times, and his numbers stayed right up there even after 20 years in the majors. And 295 triples! But still, Ruth was pretty clearly better. Plus Cobb was such a miserable son of a bitch it's hard to vote for him for anything.

--Justin

 

[Star Wolf]

There is a house that Ruth built but then there is a Ty Cobb award. Ruth has been a character in more movies, but a biopic of Cobb was made relatively recently.What do I know I never saw either play nor anybody they played against in an actual game. I do know the steroid induced hitters of the last generation are still compared to Ruth and few modern players are compared to Cobb

 

[Davros]

Ty Cobb was a despicable racist piece of crap who happened to be good at baseball. Babe Ruth was not only a better player but a better person.

 

[J.T.B.]

I do know the steroid induced hitters of the last generation are still compared to Ruth and few modern players are compared to Cobb

Well, it's pretty hard to make comparisons from today to the dead-ball era, when a dozen homers could lead the league.
The changes baseball underwent between 1918 and 1920 were probably the most rapid and drastic in the history of the game.

--Justin

 

[Caligula]

As much as it pains me to have to side with ANY New York Yankee, Babe Ruth was simply the better player.

 

[drychlick]

thank you all for writeing love dr ps and voteing!

 

[RevDMV]

Ruth, he was an amazing pitcher as well as a home run hitter.

I don't recall the source but it seemed that late n his career that Cobb had made a statement along the lines that he could have been a home run hitter had he known how much people would value it. Afterwards he went on some ridiculous HR streak and then promptly went back to his usual hitting style after he had proved the point.