Hey, that's a good point! Then again, Ruth's per-162 pace of 63.1 HR in 1927 would eventually get surpassed by McGwire and Sosa anyway (putting aside how they did it). Records will always get broken by somebody if the schedule keeps increasing, but even the pro-rated ones will probably fall eventually if given enough players and enough seasons...
And Roger Maris never broke the home run record...
Hey, that's a good point! Then again, Ruth's per-162 pace of 63.1 HR in 1927 would eventually get surpassed by McGwire and Sosa anyway (putting aside how they did it). Records will always get broken by somebody if the schedule keeps increasing, but even the pro-rated ones will probably fall eventually if given enough players and enough seasons...