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Originally Posted by frankbmd
I believe Judge would be the first MVP, or ROY for that matter, with 200+ strikeouts, and possibly could finish the year with more Ks than Nellie Fox had in his entire 19 year major league career (216).
Granted Nellie didn't hit the long ball, but Joe DiMaggio almost had one home run (361) for every time he struck out (369). Judge currently has over 4 strikeouts (245) for each home run (54).
Three more dissimilar good ballplayers would be hard to name.
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Strikeouts are far more common today then when Joltin' Joe played.
Bob Feller's 8.1 strikeouts per 9 innings ratio was remarkable in 1946 (only the 4th time it had happened in the NL since formation).
From 2000 to 2015, it has happened 290 times.
https://www.theringer.com/2016/6/17/...g-63da5eb7b35d
For a more modern comparison, Jim Thome comes to mind. 2548 career strike outs to 612 home runs.