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Bat the penguin game4/6/2024 We will discuss the infamous ruling by Ford Frick in 1961 not only because the difference in the number of season games forms the basis for the article, but also for perspective. PA is superior to at bats (AB) because it is inclusive of all appearances at the plate, therefore representing every “opportunity” to make a hit, get on base or advance a runner(s). This makes PA a much better number to be used for comparison purposes than the number of season games. Because each player had a large number of PA and their totals only differ by seven, the two performances can be considered essentially equivalent. Though there exists the “low hanging fruit” of a nominal eight game difference in the two seasons, the method proposed here involves comparing the two players’ plate appearances (PA). This is not a comparison of each home run hit by Maris in 1961 with those hit by Babe Ruth in 1927, but rather proposes a method to compare the Maris performance with the Ruth performance on a near-equivalent basis. This article discusses Roger Maris’s 1961 season from a new perspective.
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