On this date in 1948, the Yankees retire Babe Ruth's Uniform Number 3.
"All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it. I get back to the dugout and they ask me what it was I hit and I tell them I didn't know except it looked good."
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Under appreciated and under recognized as a great hitter. His home run legacy overshadows his lifetime batting average. Add the plate appearances he missed being a pitcher for so many years, and he would still be the home run king.
Agree that he is underappreciated for all the reasons you mentioned. He also single-handedly changed the game from a slap-happy/Ty Cobb type game to one we more recognize today.
He won his share of championships too.
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