About: The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs

The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs is a 432-page non-fiction book by Bill Jenkinson published by Carroll & Graf Publishers in March 2007. The title refers to Jenkinson's conclusion that in modern ballparks under modern rules, Ruth would have hit 104 home runs in 1921, 90 in some other seasons, and over 60 many times. The author's research concludes that Ruth would have hit well over a thousand home runs in his career. According to the introduction, the book is not a new Babe Ruth biography but is a factual treatise of Ruth's power and his dominance of the game of baseball.