On Gehrig handling pressure of not following Ruth or DiMaggio:
His Home/ Away splits say that he suffered without someone else in the spotlight:
1934 - Home - .414 ; Away- .311
1935 - Home - .281 ; Away- .372
1936- Home - .352 ; Away- .356
Perhaps the pitchers had more energy when he came up to bat in 1935- facing Ruth or DiMaggio then Gehrig was a daunting task.
Interesting how much it effected him at home.
In 1961, Maris hit .281 in 520 ABs batting third (assuming Mantle batted fourth in all these)
.186 in 70 ABs anywhere else in the order.
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