Judge and Soto in Some Historical Perspective
Aaron Judge and Juan Soto are teaming up for a season unlike any in American League history since the days of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
The greatest slugging teammates ever were Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, who played together on the Yankees from 1925-1934. During that ten-year period the two combined for 781 home runs and an OPS+ of around 190. Those numbers are astounding but Ruth and Gehrig played in a segregated league where the competition was not comparable to what it is today.
In the…
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