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10-18-2023, 11:05 AM

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I don't know about his pitch selection, but I know he faced Ty Cobb 76 times and struck him out 7 times. Compare that 9.2% Strikeout rate to Cobb's career rate of 5.9% against everybody else, and that tells you a little something about Babe's quality as a pitcher.

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