[DC 86]

I also ended up looking at the stats for Chuck Klein, who might have had the greatest 5-year run of any National Leaguer ever.

-m.

Not really. Klein played his home games at the Baker Bowl, where the right field fence was only 280 feet away from home plate. In that 5 year run (1929-1933) he hit 122 home runs at home and 58 on the road. Moreover, the early thirties are the most distorted era in baseball history in terms of offense (in 1930 the national league as a whole hit .303)

Most advanced statistics that normalize statistics for era/park demonstrate the large extent to which Klein's raw numbers are misleading.

Klein was an alcoholic who died young after suffering serious health problems post-baseball, a sad story unfortunately.

[DC 86]

I also ended up looking at the stats for Chuck Klein, who might have had the greatest 5-year run of any National Leaguer ever.

-m.

Not really. Klein played his home games at the Baker Bowl, where the right field fence was only 280 feet away from home plate. In that 5 year run (1929-1933) he hit 122 home runs at home and 58 on the road. Moreover, the early thirties are the most distorted era in baseball history in terms of offense (in 1930 the national league as a whole hit .303)

Most advanced statistics that normalize statistics for era/park demonstrate the large extent to which Klein's raw numbers are misleading.

Klein was an alcoholic who died young after suffering serious health problems post-baseball, a sad story unfortunately.