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Originally posted by Carlton
no just because 12 guys were BIG HR hitters during that time, doesn't mean after 1920...baseball became a big power game...you still had IF's batting with little or no HRs...but with Lahman's and OOTP those guys have little chance to see a decent career.
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Home runs by season
1920: 630
1921: 937
1922: 1055
1923: 980
1924: 896
1925: 1169
1926: 863
1927: 922
1928: 1093
1929: 1349
Not sure what your point is regarding the top ten or twelve guys not meaning the game had become a power league. First of all, the top ten to twelve home run hitters have always and will always represent one extreme end of the spectrum. The IF's you mention who weren't hitting home runs represent the other end. That was true in the twenties and it is true today. The 20s and 30s were one of the most offensive periods in baseball history and fueling that run production was home runs.
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