Originally Posted by IainDaniel

Since they started keeping stats in 1871, there won't be a 20 game winner

Originally Posted by bigss75

Glavine is close with 289 and randy johnson has 280

Originally Posted by bigss75

Glavine is close with 289 and randy johnson has 280

Originally Posted by Triple Threat

Mussina 238 and David Wells 229 are the next two active players.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

It's funny but a couple of years ago there was a bit of doubt as to whether he could ever get them as a Met.

Originally Posted by Dale Mabry

Pitchers today are far better than the pitchers of yesteryear, it's just that the gap between hitter and pitcher is less. Babe wouldn't be able to cork his bat now, so my guess is more like 20 homers.

The real problem is that 60 years ago, 1 maybe 2 pitchers pitched a game, nowadays 5 pitchers may pitch 9 innings, 3 at the very least.

Originally Posted by Double D

Whether or not Babe did cork his bat I dont know that we will ever know, but however he did swing a 51 ounce bat! And if he knew what the guys of today know he would've undoubtedly hit over 70 homers in a season.

Originally Posted by Dale Mabry

Don't forget he was a raging alcoholic, and there are 50 different pitches now, as opposed to like 2 back in the day.

I would say the pitching is watered down now, but that is because there are twice as many teams, not a lack of talent. Also, take into consideration the larger amount of travel, there were no teams west of the mississippi, and I don't think Babe's body would be able to take a season now. If he laid off the alcohol, maybe.

Originally Posted by Dale Mabry

He was passed out anyway.