When Babe Ruth destroyed his own single-season home run record by clubbing 54 longballs in 1920, eclipsing his previous-high of 29, which was set the year prior, The Sultan of Swat was truly in a league of his own. Runner-up to The Babe in homers that year was George Sisler, who hit just 19. 35 home runs less than Ruth. An unimageable stretch of separation between first and second. Because of this divergence, Ruth was perceived by all those around as a flat-out anomaly. A once-in-a-generation type of slugger whose physical strength was believed to be more aligned with divine entities than it was to mortal humans.
Baseball Icons: Babe Ruth
