[Jack of Arcades]

Two problems:

1. Ruth didn't just benefit by not playing blacks, he didn't have to play Asians or Latinos, either. How much of the baseball population is white now? According to your link, 29 percent are South American + Caribbean. 8.5 Percent are black. So 60%. How does that compare to Ruth's time?

2. Black != African American, unless you would try to tell me that guys like Pedro Martinez, Sammy Sosa, David Ortiz, and Miguel Tejada aren't black.

Imagine a scenario where every non-white player except Bonds is kicked out of the league and replaced with a white player.

Bonds is #1 in OPS. Of the next 39, only 14 are white.

Chipper Jones
Matt Holliday
Chase Utley
Hunter Pence
Justin Morneau
Brad Hawpe
Kevin Youkilis
Chris Duncan
Adam Dunn
Corey Hart
Todd Helton
Aaron Rowand
Casey Kotchman
David Wright

Imagine how eye-popping his numbers would be if this was his only competition.