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[QUOTE="stamfordhusky, post: 2733458, member: 649"]
There is no way to compare the 1927 ball to the 2018 ball - but Ruth got to take advantage of a  number of short fences.   His home park, for example, was 295 feet down the right field line and about 350 feet to right center.    It was, of course, very long to center and left center - but most of Ruth's home runs were to right field.   His previous Yankee home, the Polo Grounds, was 258 feet down the right field line - but went out sharply to right center and an impossibly long center field.   Fenway Park, his Boston home, had a very short RF line but was fairly long in right center.

Of the away parks where he hit his most home runs, a number had short dimensions - shorter than those of today's parks.   For example:

Shibe Park (PHI) - 329 right field line, 355 right center.
Sportsman's Park (STL) - 310 right field line, 335 right center.
League Park (CLE) - 290 right field, 314 right center.

But a bigger issue is that the pitchers of Ruth's day didn't throw nearly as hard and didn't throw sliders until a few at the end of his career.   Further, there was little use of relief pitchers so he often got to face tiring starters late in the game.
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