"Babe Ruth Would Have Hit 1,051 Home Runs If He

Multiple Choice

"Babe Ruth would have hit 1,051 home runs if he had the same number of at-bats as Hank Aaron. Aaron hit 41 more homers than Ruth, but Ruth only had 8,399 at-bats, whereas Aaron had 12,364 at bats." The most serious flaw with this statistic is:

A) Ruth was also an excellent pitcher
B) They used differently-sized bats
C) The margin of error isn't stated
D) It is based on an erroneous extrapolation
E) Hank Aaron had to deal with racial prejudice, too