"Babe Ruth Would Have Hit 1,051 Home Runs If He

question 28

Multiple Choice

"Babe Ruth would have hit 1,051 home runs if he had the same number of at-bats as Hank Aaron. Aaron hit 41 more homers than Ruth, but Ruth only had 8,399 at-bats, whereas Aaron had 12,364 at bats." The most serious flaw with this statistic is:

• A) Ruth was also an excellent pitcher
• B) They used differently-sized bats
• C) The margin of error isn't stated
• D) It is based on an erroneous extrapolation
• E) Hank Aaron had to deal with racial prejudice, too

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