... ever played for, but it would also be the last. If you compare Jackson to the great hall of famers Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb they match up rather equally. People say that either Ruth or Cobb are the best that ever played the game. Jackson could be considered one of the best if it had ... two stacked up very evenly and they were either one or two in the stat books. Well when you compare Jackson with Ruth, Jackson comes out on top on most categories. In Ruth's rookie season he batted a .200 while Jackson had a staggering .408. In the category of lifetime batting average Jackson again topples ....

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... of Boston. Also in 1912, the Red Sox won the World Series at Fenway Park against the Giants. In 1914, a nineteen-year-old George Herman "Babe" Ruth joined the Sox. He has often been called the best baseball player of all time. Boston embraced their young superstar, and the ... "Babe" was always quick to tip his cap and wave to the crowd, making him all the more endearing to fans. The Red Sox beat the ... $100,000. This was probably one of the most known transactions in history of baseball. Since then, the Yankees, who had never won a World Championship before acquiring Ruth, have gone ...

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... . To this day Wrigley waits to see it's first World Series win. In 1917, they finished fifth in the National League and in 1918 they lost the World Series to Babe Ruth and the Boston Red Sox. In 1920, William Wrigley bought out the shares of the other original members and the park became known as Cubs Park. It underwent yet another ... overall, but the Cubs had some of the greatest hitting seasons of all times. In 1932, Wrigley field makes history as being the place where Babe Ruth "called " his home run in the World Series. When Ruth stepped up to the plate to bat against pitcher Charli...

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