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What was the league K rate in 1941? Would bet you the K rate is close to double that now, yeah.
Yet Pujols approaches 1:1 HR:K in some seasons; Joltin' Joe put up 30 HR's vs 13 (!) strikeouts n 1941...
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The sportswriters of course went unduly bananas over this K rate ...
Teddy Ballgame had 147 walks vs 27 strikeouts that year... that is letting the count go deep and THEN never missing on a strike-two swing...