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Eugene Church · 04-14-2018, 02:51 PM

I am truly excited by Shohei Otani and his great experience.... and I hate to rain on everybody's parade... but after a little research, I discovered that IMHO Babe Ruth was not a real two-way player... he only pitched and played the field half of 1918 and most of 1919.

The Yankees only used him as a position player beginning in the 1920 season... he was only rarely used as a pitcher, probably only when the game was out of hand and he just filled in to save a pitcher... or perhaps he did it just for fun.

Batting seem to put a stop to this Pitching career... please note how his pitching stats suffered the more he played two ways... he was a better pitcher in '16 and '17 for the Red Sox than he was in '18 and '19

Would appreciate your comments... am I all wet in my observation of the Babe's two-way career?

The jury is still out on Ohtani... we will have to see if he can do both and do well at each spot season after season.

There might be no such thing as a successful two-way player.

Time will tell.

04-14-2018, 02:51 PM	#1
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,047	Was Babe Ruth Really a Two-Way Player? I am truly excited by Shohei Otani and his great experience.... and I hate to rain on everybody's parade... but after a little research, I discovered that IMHO Babe Ruth was not a real two-way player... he only pitched and played the field half of 1918 and most of 1919. The Yankees only used him as a position player beginning in the 1920 season... he was only rarely used as a pitcher, probably only when the game was out of hand and he just filled in to save a pitcher... or perhaps he did it just for fun. Batting seem to put a stop to this Pitching career... please note how his pitching stats suffered the more he played two ways... he was a better pitcher in '16 and '17 for the Red Sox than he was in '18 and '19 Would appreciate your comments... am I all wet in my observation of the Babe's two-way career? The jury is still out on Ohtani... we will have to see if he can do both and do well at each spot season after season. There might be no such thing as a successful two-way player. Time will tell. Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 04-17-2018 at 12:16 AM.