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No, he is not the best athlete ever. An athlete has to be able to do more than just hit home runs and pitch well...he has to be able to run and at least have a physically fit body. Ruth didn't have a fit body, he didn't really run well. He was a great player, but not the greatest athlete ever.
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How about that first baseman for Denver who was Tennessee's QB? How about Michael Jordan? He is the best ever at basketball, which is a physical and athletic sport.
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How about Don Bradman in cricket. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has been claimed to be statistically the greatest achievement in any major sport
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No; but Babe Ruth was the greatest baseball player of all time. Jim Thorpe, in modern times (who knows about athletes from 929,000 years ago?), made the world stand back in awe. :)
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At his time, YES!
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