The game has certainly changed a ton, but I was looking at Babe's Red Sox career.
I wonder, if there was a player who had demonstrated that he could be an elite pitcher (leading the league in ERA, complete games, shutouts, H/9, etc.) and an elite power hitter (led the league in HRs, SLG%, OPS), would a team completely shut down the pitching?
Like, say Greg Maddox came up when he did, and when it was his turn to bat he was absolutely raking, at like a Mike Trout level. Would an NL team (before the universal DH) just have him hit on his scheduled starts? Would they give him a chance like Ohtani? Or would they say "screw being Greg Maddox, we want Mike Trout full time"?