Babe Ruth
George Herman Ruth
Born: February 6, 1895
Baltimore, MD USA
Deceased: 1948
New York, NY USA
Primary Position: OF
All Position(s) Played: P, 1B, RF, CF, LF, OF, PH
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 215
Career: 1914-1935
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.
Minor League Statistics
Babe Ruth compiled a career batting average of .342 with 714 home runs and 2217 RBI in his 2504-game career with the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Boston Braves. He began playing during the 1914 season and last took the field during the 1935 campaign. Ruth was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1914 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.91 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
1915 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 18 | 8 | .692 | 2.44 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 217.7 | 166 | 80 | 59 | 3 | 85 | 0 | 112 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 895 |
1916 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 23 | 12 | .657 | 1.75 | 44 | 41 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 323.7 | 230 | 83 | 63 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 170 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1300 |
1917 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 24 | 13 | .649 | 2.01 | 41 | 38 | 2 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 326.3 | 244 | 91 | 73 | 2 | 108 | 0 | 128 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1313 |
1918 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.22 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 166.3 | 125 | 51 | 41 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 660 |
1919 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.97 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 133.3 | 148 | 59 | 44 | 2 | 58 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 591 |
1920 | AL | New York Yankees | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
1921 | AL | New York Yankees | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
1930 | AL | New York Yankees | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
1933 | AL | New York Yankees | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
Totals | 94 | 46 | .671 | 2.28 | 163 | 148 | 11 | 107 | 17 | 4 | 1221.3 | 974 | 398 | 309 | 10 | 441 | 0 | 488 | 29 | 4 | 25 | 5006 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1914 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1915 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 42 | 103 | 92 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 23 | .315 | .376 | .576 | .952 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1916 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 67 | 150 | 136 | 18 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 23 | .272 | .322 | .419 | .741 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1917 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 52 | 142 | 123 | 14 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18 | .325 | .385 | .472 | .857 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1918 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 95 | 380 | 317 | 50 | 95 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 58 | 58 | .300 | .411 | .555 | .966 | 176 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1919 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 130 | 542 | 432 | 103 | 139 | 34 | 12 | 29 | 114 | 7 | 0 | 101 | 58 | .322 | .456 | .657 | 1.114 | 284 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1920 | AL | New York Yankees | 142 | 615 | 457 | 158 | 172 | 36 | 9 | 54 | 137 | 14 | 14 | 150 | 80 | .376 | .533 | .849 | 1.382 | 388 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1921 | AL | New York Yankees | 152 | 693 | 540 | 177 | 204 | 44 | 16 | 59 | 171 | 17 | 13 | 145 | 81 | .378 | .512 | .846 | 1.359 | 457 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1922 | AL | New York Yankees | 110 | 495 | 406 | 94 | 128 | 24 | 8 | 35 | 99 | 2 | 5 | 84 | 80 | .315 | .434 | .672 | 1.106 | 273 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1923 | AL | New York Yankees | 152 | 699 | 522 | 151 | 205 | 45 | 13 | 41 | 131 | 17 | 21 | 170 | 93 | .393 | .545 | .764 | 1.309 | 399 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1924 | AL | New York Yankees | 153 | 681 | 529 | 143 | 200 | 39 | 7 | 46 | 121 | 9 | 13 | 142 | 81 | .378 | .513 | .739 | 1.252 | 391 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1925 | AL | New York Yankees | 98 | 426 | 359 | 61 | 104 | 12 | 2 | 25 | 66 | 2 | 4 | 59 | 68 | .290 | .393 | .543 | .936 | 195 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1926 | AL | New York Yankees | 152 | 652 | 495 | 139 | 184 | 30 | 5 | 47 | 150 | 11 | 9 | 144 | 76 | .372 | .516 | .737 | 1.253 | 365 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
1927 | AL | New York Yankees | 151 | 691 | 540 | 158 | 192 | 29 | 8 | 60 | 164 | 7 | 6 | 137 | 89 | .356 | .486 | .772 | 1.258 | 417 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
1928 | AL | New York Yankees | 154 | 684 | 536 | 163 | 173 | 29 | 8 | 54 | 142 | 4 | 5 | 137 | 87 | .323 | .463 | .709 | 1.172 | 380 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
1929 | AL | New York Yankees | 135 | 587 | 499 | 121 | 172 | 26 | 6 | 46 | 154 | 5 | 3 | 72 | 60 | .345 | .430 | .697 | 1.128 | 348 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
1930 | AL | New York Yankees | 145 | 676 | 518 | 150 | 186 | 28 | 9 | 49 | 153 | 10 | 10 | 136 | 61 | .359 | .493 | .732 | 1.225 | 379 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
1931 | AL | New York Yankees | 145 | 663 | 534 | 149 | 199 | 31 | 3 | 46 | 163 | 5 | 4 | 128 | 51 | .373 | .495 | .700 | 1.195 | 374 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1932 | AL | New York Yankees | 133 | 589 | 457 | 120 | 156 | 13 | 5 | 41 | 137 | 2 | 2 | 130 | 62 | .341 | .489 | .661 | 1.150 | 302 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1933 | AL | New York Yankees | 137 | 575 | 459 | 97 | 138 | 21 | 3 | 34 | 103 | 4 | 5 | 114 | 90 | .301 | .442 | .582 | 1.023 | 267 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1934 | AL | New York Yankees | 125 | 471 | 365 | 78 | 105 | 17 | 4 | 22 | 84 | 1 | 3 | 104 | 63 | .288 | .448 | .537 | .985 | 196 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1935 | NL | Boston Braves | 28 | 92 | 72 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 24 | .181 | .359 | .431 | .789 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 2503 | 10616 | 8398 | 2174 | 2873 | 506 | 136 | 714 | 2217 | 123 | 117 | 2062 | 1330 | .342 | .474 | .690 | 1.164 | 5793 | 2 | 43 | 113 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1914 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | |
1915 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 63 | 2 | 3 | .976 | 2.500 | |
1916 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 83 | 3 | 6 | .973 | 2.432 | |
1917 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 101 | 2 | 4 | .984 | 2.927 | |
1918 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 1B | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 130 | 6 | 5 | 8 | .965 | 1.462 | |
1918 | AL | Boston Red Sox | OF | 59 | 0 | 0.0 | 121 | 8 | 7 | 3 | .949 | 2.186 | |
1918 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 58 | 6 | 5 | .928 | 3.850 | |
1919 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .975 | 7.800 | |
1919 | AL | Boston Red Sox | OF | 111 | 0 | 0.0 | 222 | 14 | 1 | 6 | .996 | 2.126 | |
1919 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 35 | 2 | 1 | .960 | 2.824 | |
1920 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 5.000 | |
1920 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 141 | 0 | 0.0 | 259 | 21 | 19 | 3 | .936 | 1.986 | |
1920 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
1921 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | |
1921 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 152 | 0 | 0.0 | 348 | 17 | 13 | 6 | .966 | 2.401 | |
1921 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | |
1922 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
1922 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 110 | 0 | 0.0 | 226 | 14 | 9 | 3 | .964 | 2.182 | |
1923 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .977 | 1.500 | |
1923 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 148 | 0 | 0.0 | 378 | 20 | 11 | 2 | .973 | 2.689 | |
1924 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 152 | 0 | 0.0 | 340 | 18 | 14 | 4 | .962 | 2.355 | |
1925 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 98 | 0 | 0.0 | 207 | 15 | 6 | 3 | .974 | 2.265 | |
1926 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.000 | |
1926 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 149 | 0 | 0.0 | 308 | 11 | 7 | 5 | .979 | 2.141 | |
1927 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 328 | 14 | 13 | 4 | .963 | 2.265 | |
1928 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 304 | 9 | 8 | 0 | .975 | 2.032 | |
1929 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 133 | 0 | 0.0 | 240 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .984 | 1.842 | |
1930 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 144 | 0 | 0.0 | 266 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .965 | 1.917 | |
1930 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.000 | |
1931 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | |
1931 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 142 | 0 | 0.0 | 237 | 5 | 7 | 2 | .972 | 1.704 | |
1932 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | |
1932 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 128 | 0 | 0.0 | 209 | 10 | 9 | 1 | .961 | 1.711 | |
1933 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | |
1933 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 132 | 0 | 0.0 | 215 | 9 | 7 | 4 | .970 | 1.697 | |
1933 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |
1934 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 111 | 0 | 0.0 | 197 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .962 | 1.802 | |
1935 | NL | Boston Braves | OF | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .952 | 1.538 | |
Totals | 2436 | 0 | 0.0 | 4787 | 569 | 179 | 86 | .968 | 2.199 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1916 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.64 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
1918 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.06 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17.0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 68 |
Totals | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.87 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31.0 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 116 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1915 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1916 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1918 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .600 | .800 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1921 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 6 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .313 | .476 | .500 | .976 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1922 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 5 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .118 | .250 | .176 | .426 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1923 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 6 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .368 | .556 | 1.000 | 1.556 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1926 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 7 | 31 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | .300 | .548 | .900 | 1.448 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1927 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 4 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .400 | .444 | .800 | 1.244 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1928 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 4 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .625 | .647 | 1.375 | 2.022 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1932 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 4 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .333 | .500 | .733 | 1.233 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 41 | 167 | 129 | 37 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 30 | .326 | .467 | .744 | 1.211 | 96 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1916 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 14.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.857 | 6.000 |
1918 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.647 | 2.500 |
1918 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | LF | 2 | 0 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.857 | .500 |
1921 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | LF | 5 | 5 | 43.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.884 | 1.800 |
1922 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | RF | 5 | 5 | 43.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.884 | 1.800 |
1923 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | RF | 6 | 6 | 52.0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 2.596 | 2.500 |
1923 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 2.000 |
1926 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | RF | 4 | 4 | 36.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | 1.250 |
1926 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | LF | 3 | 3 | 27.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 |
1927 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | RF | 4 | 4 | 36.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
1928 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | LF | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
1928 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | RF | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 |
1932 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | RF | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | 2.000 |
1932 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | LF | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.118 | 2.000 |
Totals | 41 | 38 | 343.3 | 73 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .977 | 2.228 | 2.073 |
Awards
1916 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
1918 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1919 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star OF
1920 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star OF
1921 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star OF
1923 - AL Most Valuable Player
1923 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star OF
1924 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star RF
1926 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star OF
1927 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star RF
1928 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star OF
1929 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star RF
1930 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star RF
1931 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star RF
1932 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star RF
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