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The Yankees were favored to beat the Giants in the 1936 World Series by 11-20, primarily because of their offense. In those days, analyzing a team’s hitting skills was simple. “You take the weekly averages, duly note the hitting percentages of each, jot down the homers and other extra base drives along with the runs batted in total, subtract the low from the high, and there you have the answer. But when the teams come from rival circuits, and the figures therefore become merely relative, …it easily becomes the most perplexing (problem) the game has to offer.”

Great Hitting or Weak Pitching?

The American League champion Yankees set a major league home run record by blasting 182 home runs, but was it because of great hitting or weak pitching? Opinions were evenly divided, with about half of the baseball experts contending that the National League pitching was superior to that of the junior circuit's and the other half claiming that there was no difference in the quality of pitching between the leagues. Sounds a little familiar, doesn’t it?

Five Players With At Least 100 RBIs

The Yankees' hitting statistics were not only vastly superior to those of the Giants – they were much better than those of their closest league rivals. Five Yankees – Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Tony Lazzeri, Bill Dickey and George Selkirk – drove in over 100 runs. Only six National Leaguers managed that feat, and only one, Mel Ott, was a Giant. Seven Yankees hit 10 or more home runs, led by Lou Gehrig’s 49 and Joe DiMaggio’s 29. The distribution of power would put a great strain on the Giants’ pitchers. To make things even worse, pitching ace Red Ruffing hit .291 with 5 home runs, 5 doubles, and a .449 slugging average.

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