Mays vs. Williams would have been more interesting.  I'd take Mays every day, but interestingly our voters so far have a wider margin for the Babe over Mays than the Babe had over Williams.

I admit it -- I broke up the shutout. Of the first 16 votes, I'm the only one to go with Mays??

Sure, sure, give Ruth the time pitching as bonus points.  But Mays was a tremendously better defensive outfielder -- Ruth probably had a better (pitcher's) arm, but Willie was, IMNSHO, the greatest player the game ever saw. AGold-Glove, base-stealing, triple-crown-threat, 50-homer guy? So he couldn't pitch like a Hall of Famer? Well, The Sultan of Swat didn't pitch (except as an occasional stunt) during his glory years as a hitter, regardless of his capability.

I'll take Willie. And this is not an "I saw him play" argument -- I only remember (and barely at that) the shell-of-a-star Met Willie from the early '70s. Besides, I'm a Yankees guy, so voting for a Giant/Met really takes some wherewithal!

It was a tough call for me - I went with Willie, deciding that, since they were roughly the equal with the bat, his defense and the fact that he had to face tougher competition outweighed Ruth's pitching talents.