My point is regardless of who he was hitting off of Ruth's dominance was unparrelled. Other guys in the league can have years where they put up numbers equal or better than Bonds, no one could touch Ruth's numbers off the same "inferior" pitching in his era, he was a man amongst boys. Damn, nowadays cats are blasting 50 homers on the regular-not back then.

Also how do you say pitching was so terrible? Isn't it all relative? I'm sure some old-timers would argue that Walter Johnson or Christy Mathewson was the GOAT. And if they didn't have sliders, some had spitters, which apparently was more effective because it was banned. Don't you think the improvements in conditioning and equipment gives today's players an advantage?