Comparative Advantage in practice… the case of Babe Ruth

George Herman Ruth, Jr also popularly known as “Babe” Ruth, “The Bambino”, and “The Sultan of Swat”, was the greatest slugger in the history of baseball. Only true & Few fans of baseball must be knowing , however Ruth was also one of the greatest pitchers of all the time. Because Ruth stopped pitching after 1918 and played outfield during all the time he set his Famous batting records, most people don’t realize even that he cold pitch even.
WHAT EXPLAINS RUTH’S LOPSIDED REPUTATION AS A BATTER ?
Well answer for this can be provided by the principle of comparative advantage.
As a player with the Boston Red Sox early in his carrier, Ruth certainly had an absolute advantage in pitching.
The Babe’s World Series pitching record was broken by New York Yankee Whitey Ford in the same year,1961, that his teammate Roger Maris shattered Ruth’s 1927 record of 60 home runs in a single season........................



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