The 2017 Houston Astros have a better offense than the 1927 New York Yankees

Number 10

1932 New York Yankees, 119 wRC+

107-47, .695, won the World Series

.286/.376/.454, .377 wOBA—Yankees

.277/.346/.404, .343 wOBA—League Average

The New York Yankees franchise has five of the top 10 offensive seasons in baseball since 1901 and three of them came in consecutive seasons from 1930 to 1932. This 1932 team had a 37-year-old Babe Ruth “slumping” with “just” 41 home runs. It was the first time he didn’t lead the league in home runs since 1925. Jimmie Foxx, with 58, took the honors. Ruth was still a tremendous hitter, though. He led the team with a 192 wRC+ thanks to a .341/.489/.661 batting line.

Ruth had plenty of help on this team, with Lou Gehrig (174 wRC+), Tony Lazzeri (136 wRC+), Earle Combs (129 wRC+), Ben Chapman (124 wRC+), and Bill Dickey (120 wRC+) playing at a high level. Gehrig was 29 years old and still six strong seasons away from the abbreviated end of his career due to ALS. He scored 138 runs and drove in 151. The team leader in runs scored was Earle Combs, with 143. Along with Ruth and Gehrig, Ben Chapman was one of three players who scored and drove in more than 100 runs. Chapman also had 38 steals.

This Yankees team won the AL by 13 games over the Philadelphia Athletics, then destroyed the Chicago Cubs in the 1932 World Series, four games to none. That series is best known for Babe Ruth allegedly “calling his shot” when he hit a home run off Charlie Root in the fifth inning of Game 3.

Whether Ruth actually called his shot or not is up for debate. It’s one of those baseball legends that has been passed down from generation to generation for 80 years. True or not, this was the last World Series Ruth played in and it would be a fitting way to go out for him to call his shot and belt one over the fence.