Baseball fans love to discuss things such as you have mentioned.
Hank Aaron hit more home runs than Babe Ruth but he had many more at bats to achieve that record.
Babe Ruth never played a night game, but Hank Aaron played in the era of coast to coast travel, and night games followed by Day games.
Babe Ruth played in an era where starters normally finished their games. Aaron played in an era when there were often relief pictures in the late innings, rather than facing a tiring starting pitcher.
Ted Williams lost many years to military service ,and if not for those lost years, he may well have challenged Babe Ruth’s record. He also played in Fenway Park ,which is unfriendly to left-handed home run hitters.
Baseball fans often have these sorts of discussions.
It is always difficult and very speculative to compare players across the generations of the game. IMHO, Ted Williams is probably the best pure hitter in baseball history. Willie Mays was simply a marvel - power, speed, fielding. Aaron was a model of consistency - he never hit over 50 HRs but he consistently hit in the high 30s and the 40s. Then there’s Willie McCovey, Willie Stargell, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Ernie Banks, Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Hank Greenberg... well, you get the idea.
Baseball fans often have these sorts of discussions.
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Yes we do.
As far as Williams, Aaron, and Ruth as players. I like all of them, with maybe “a lean” towards Williams because we share the same surname.😀
My dad said Mays was the best player he ever saw, said he really stood out. Not sure what his criteria was, but this would’ve been 1950’s and early 1960’s Mays.
You could also point out that Babe Ruth played in an era when the best players were not all playing in MLB, Ruth played before Blacks were allowed in MLB, there were no Bob Gibsons when Babe Ruth played, Ruth also received credit for a small number of HRs that bounced over wall, later that was changed to be a ground rule double