He continued to put up big slugging numbers, even in the "dead-ball era."

He was a very good hitter and had a good amount of power for the dead-ball era.

Triples were much more common in the dead-ball era of baseball.

Between 1910 and 1920, the last decade of the dead-ball era, eight pitchers had a 30-win season.

Despite their speed, teams struggled to score during the dead-ball era.

Ruth had led the league with 11 in 1918, despite playing only 95 games, and still in the "dead-ball" era.

The dead-ball era had many years before its end.

This seems to have been unintentional, but it drove down offense to the levels of the dead-ball era before 1920.

But slugging was not the name of the game in the dead-ball era.

In that dead-ball era, the outfield was enclosed by a relatively low wall all around.