1918 or 1919 Griffith Stadium / Babe Ruth?

[Brian Campf]

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[maniac_73]

Originally Posted by Brian Campf

More info: Ruth hit home runs as a Red Sox player only twice against Johnson - the games I noted above - and in each his homers came with a man on base and were his only RBI's in those games. Therefore, if the photo does indeed show Johnson and Ruth, it would depict a home run (and a player who should have stayed at the plate to congratulate him).

I've always read that until Ruth redefined the game that homers weren't admired as they are today. Managers in the day thought getting on base was more important then hitting homers. This may explaiun the lack of congrats at the plate?

[BigJJ]

Was on hiatus for a few days - interesting insights - looked for photos of the stadium 1918-1919, cant find one!

[ramram]

Yeah, with those crop markings on the photo you'd have to think it was published somewhere. I think that is your best bet.

Rob M.

[Big Six]

Even more strange...where is the on deck batter???

[prewarsports]

If you follow the baselines, I dont think that is second base in the photo, way too close to the infield grass, you can see the shortstop but not the bag and if someone was standing on it you would not see their shadow the way the sun is shining either.

Just saying, dont limit your research to just home runs because ground rule doubles were MUCH more prevelant than out of the park homers where you could trot around the bases at a slow pace in the 1910's.