The Era breakdown for the 30 Best Hitting Outfielders of All Time is as follows:

• Dead Ball Era – 4
• Babe Ruth Era – 9
• Baseball During World War II – 4
• Baseball 1950s – mid 60s –5
• Pitching Era – 2
• Last Clean Era – 0
• Steroid Era Pt. 1 – 3
• Steroid Era Pt. 2 – 3

While examining the Top 30 Greatest Hitting Outfielders of All Time, we see a very interesting trend.
Era 2 (Babe Ruth Era 1921-1935) accounts for 9 of the 30 Players while Era 6 (Last Clean Era 1978-1989) has no Players. When we examine the statistics of the players of Era 3 (Baseball During World War II 1936-1949) as their Home Run, RBI, and Runs Scored production sharply increased, they maintained a high batting average as seen in Williams, DiMaggio and Musial. When we examine the statistics of the players in Eras 5 (Pitching Era 1965-1977) and 6 (Last Clean Era 1978-1989) we are dealing with two major factors, the Pitching Era as well as the first decrease of home runs hit in the history of baseball. Another interesting note which further enhances the value of the Home Run Curve, The Steroid Eras part 1 and 2 1990 to 2013 accounts for 6 players –3 players less than Era 2.

Baseball’s Greatest Hitters’ Top 30 Best Hitting Outfielders Of All Time List

Hall of Fame * Veterans Committee **
Players in blue are retired and played in the “Steroid Era”
Players in red are active players.

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