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The irony is that 1927
(in which Ruth hit his record-setting 60th homer,
pictured) wasn't his most productive year. No player in history
ever had a season like Ruth's in '21. In addition to his 59
homers, he batted .378 and led the league in runs (177),
runs batted in (171) and walks (144, many of them
intentional), and his colossal
slugging percentage of .846 was just a tick behind his 1920
mark of .847, a record that still stands. Yet it's '27 that
became Ruth's year, the enduring symbol of the man and his
myth. By that season he had altered the balance of the
game, raising the
home run from its relatively modest role into baseball's most
dramatic event and a significant force in determining the
outcome of
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