I agree that in some other park his home run total

I agree that in some other park his home run total may have been a bit less but I'm not sure that his record should be tainted in any way because of that. Let's not forget that Ruth was also a left hander and the necessary distance for a ball to carry would have been roughly the same for both men. I think the main cause for his one spectacular year was that he and Mantle both got into "the groove" and the edge just simply played out in Roger's favor.

Without looking, I think Mickey, a switch hitter, "nailed" 56 that year.