Ohtani or Ruth?

[Tomi]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Great point. Also Ohtani has pitched around 40% of the innings that Ruth pitched.

This is how I see it. Since 2000 I would easily say based on their 1st half careers Pujols,Cabrera and Judge were better hitters than Ohtani. Based on analytics you can throw Trout in there too.
Can't think of one player I would rival Ruth from his era even though a few had some Ruthian years.
The difference is Ohtani pitches and that should not be the reason he beats all others as a player. The fact that he has 1 complete game in 100 starts just shows what pitching has become where not long ago 5 to 10 complete games a season was common.
Huge Ohtani fan but the hype in modern baseball is insane.

[z28jd]

I assume that the people who voted Ohtani took the question literal, as in who is better right now.

[Casey2296]

-
I chose Ruth due to his sheer impact on the game, but…

Only 12 hitters have ever recorded 3 home runs in a postseason game.

Only 26 pitchers have ever recorded 10+ strikeouts with 2 or less hits and no runs in a postseason start.

Ohtani did both in one game.

[gregndodgers]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

-
I chose Ruth due to his sheer impact on the game, but…

Only 12 hitters have ever recorded 3 home runs in a postseason game.

Only 26 pitchers have ever recorded 10+ strikeouts with 2 or less hits and no runs in a postseason start.

Ohtani did both in one game.

And add that only seven players have hit a baseball out of Dodgers stadium (in 63 years!), and Ohtani did that yesterday!

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by gregndodgers

And add that only seven players have hit a baseball out of Dodgers stadium (in 63 years!), and Ohtani did that yesterday!

Watching the Dodger dugout as they were tracking that ball was hilarious.

[Fred]

King Kong or Godzilla?

Always interesting to see the comments.

.
.
.

[Beercan collector]

Originally Posted by Fred

King Kong or Godzilla?

Always interesting to see the comments.

.
.
.

Godzilla had more adventures, King Kong was just remaking the same movie over and over

[samosa4u]

People always getting carried away with modern players. For example, when Messi won the World Cup, then everybody started calling him the GOAT (what about Pele? He won it three times!) Comparing Ohtani to Ruth is just insane. Please stop. If you just wanna' study the numbers, then Mike Trout is still ahead of Ohtani. What Trout did in his twenties was insane. But If Ohtani keeps playing like this throughout his thirties, then yes, he will eventually overtake him.

[Fred]

Originally Posted by z28jd

I assume that the people who voted Ohtani took the question literal, as in who is better right now.

.
.
.
.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Tomi

This is how I see it. Since 2000 I would easily say based on their 1st half careers Pujols,Cabrera and Judge were better hitters than Ohtani. Based on analytics you can throw Trout in there too.
Can't think of one player I would rival Ruth from his era even though a few had some Ruthian years.
The difference is Ohtani pitches and that should not be the reason he beats all others as a player. The fact that he has 1 complete game in 100 starts just shows what pitching has become where not long ago 5 to 10 complete games a season was common.
Huge Ohtani fan but the hype in modern baseball is insane.

Soto started the same year and is up about 7 points in batting WAR.