Babe Ruth Stats

Babe Ruth was born on Wednesday, February 6, 1895, in Baltimore, Maryland. Ruth was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 11, 1914, with the Boston Red Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Babe Ruth baseball stats page.

"The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime" - Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth
 
 
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Birth Name:   George Herman Ruth
Nickname:   The Bambino or The Sultan of Swat
Born On:   02-06-1895
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Baltimore, Maryland
Zodiac:   Aquarius
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-16-1948
Place of Death Data Died In:   New York, New York
Cemetery:   Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, New York Click For Grave Photo
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02
Player Weight Chart Weight:   215
First Game:   07-11-1914 (Age 19)
Last Game:   05-30-1935
Draft:   Not Applicable
Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1914 Red Sox 4 3 0 2 1 .667 3.91 1 0 0 23.0 100 21 10 12 1 7 - 3 0 0 0 -
1915 Red Sox 32 28 3 18 8 .692 2.44 16 1 0 217.2 895 166 59 80 3 85 - 112 9 6 1 -
1916 Red Sox 44 41 3 23 12 .657 1.75 23 9 1 323.2 1,300 230 63 83 0 118 - 170 3 8 1 -
1917 Red Sox 41 38 2 24 13 .649 2.01 35 6 2 326.1 1,313 244 73 91 2 108 - 128 5 11 0 -
1918 Red Sox 20 19 0 13 7 .650 2.22 18 1 0 166.1 660 125 41 51 1 49 - 40 3 2 1 -
1919 Red Sox 17 15 2 9 5 .643 2.97 12 0 1 133.1 591 148 44 59 2 58 - 30 5 2 1 -
1920 Yankees 1 1 0 1 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 0 4.0 17 3 2 4 0 2 - 0 0 0 0 -
1921 Yankees 2 1 1 2 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 0 9.0 49 14 9 10 1 9 - 2 0 0 0 -
1930 Yankees 1 1 0 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 0 0 9.0 39 11 3 3 0 2 - 3 0 0 0 -
1933 Yankees 1 1 0 1 0 1.000 5.00 1 0 0 9.0 42 12 5 5 0 3 - 0 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
10 Years 163 148 11 94 46 .671 2.28 107 17 4 1,221.1 5,006 974 309 398 10 441 - 488 25 29 4 -
Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1914 Red Sox 5 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 0 - 0 - .200 .200 .300
1915 Red Sox 42 92 16 29 10 1 4 0 21 9 - 23 2 - 0 - .315 .376 .576
1916 Red Sox 67 136 18 37 5 3 3 0 15 10 - 23 4 - 0 - .272 .322 .419
1917 Red Sox 52 123 14 40 6 3 2 0 12 12 - 18 7 - 0 - .325 .385 .472
1918 Red Sox 95 317 50 95 26 11 11 0 66 58 - 58 3 - 2 - .300 .411 .555
1919 Red Sox 130 432 103 139 34 12 29 4 114 101 - 58 3 - 6 - .322 .456 .657
1920 Yankees 142 458 158 172 36 9 54 0 137 150 - 80 5 - 3 - .376 .532 .847
1921 Yankees 152 540 177 204 44 16 59 0 171 145 - 81 4 - 4 - .378 .512 .846
1922 Yankees 110 406 94 128 24 8 35 1 99 84 - 80 4 - 1 - .315 .434 .672
1923 Yankees 152 522 151 205 45 13 41 0 131 170 - 93 3 - 4 - .393 .545 .764
1924 Yankees 153 529 143 200 39 7 46 0 121 142 - 81 6 - 4 - .378 .513 .739
1925 Yankees 98 359 61 104 12 2 25 1 66 59 - 68 6 - 2 - .290 .393 .543
1926 Yankees 152 495 139 184 30 5 47 1 146 144 - 76 10 - 3 - .372 .516 .737
1927 Yankees 151 540 158 192 29 8 60 2 164 137 - 89 14 - 0 - .356 .486 .772
1928 Yankees 154 536 163 173 29 8 54 0 142 137 - 87 8 - 3 - .323 .463 .709
1929 Yankees 135 499 121 172 26 6 46 3 154 72 - 60 13 - 3 - .345 .430 .697
1930 Yankees 145 518 150 186 28 9 49 1 153 136 - 61 21 - 1 - .359 .493 .732
1931 Yankees 145 534 149 199 31 3 46 1 163 128 - 51 0 - 1 - .373 .495 .700
1932 Yankees 133 457 120 156 13 5 41 1 137 130 - 62 0 - 2 - .341 .489 .661
1933 Yankees 137 459 97 138 21 3 34 0 103 114 - 90 0 - 2 - .301 .442 .582
1934 Yankees 125 365 78 105 17 4 22 1 84 104 - 63 0 - 2 - .288 .448 .537
1935 Braves 28 72 13 13 0 0 6 0 12 20 - 24 0 - 0 2 .181 .359 .431
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
22 Years 2,503 8,399 2,174 2,873 506 136 714 16 2,213 2,062 - 1,330 113 - 43 2 .342 .474 .690
Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1914 Red Sox P 4 3 69 7 1.8 7 0 7 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.74 -
1915 Red Sox P 32 28 653 82 2.6 80 17 63 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .976 3.31 -
1916 Red Sox P 44 41 971 110 2.5 107 24 83 3 6 n/a n/a n/a .973 2.98 -
1917 Red Sox P 41 38 979 122 3.0 120 19 101 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .984 3.31 -
1918 Red Sox 1B 13 - - 141 10.8 136 130 6 5 8 n/a n/a n/a .965 0.00 -
1918 Red Sox OF 59 - - 136 2.3 129 121 8 7 3 n/a n/a n/a .949 0.00 -
1918 Red Sox P 20 19 499 83 4.2 77 19 58 6 5 n/a n/a n/a .928 4.17 -
1919 Red Sox 1B 5 - - 40 8.0 39 35 4 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .975 0.00 -
1919 Red Sox LF 111 - - 237 2.1 236 222 14 1 6 n/a n/a n/a .996 0.00 -
1919 Red Sox P 17 15 400 50 2.9 48 13 35 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .960 3.24 -
1920 Yankees 1B 2 - - 11 5.5 10 10 0 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .909 0.00 -
1920 Yankees OF 141 - - 299 2.1 280 259 21 19 3 n/a n/a n/a .936 0.00 -
1920 Yankees P 1 1 12 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25 -
1921 Yankees 1B 2 - - 8 4.0 8 8 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1921 Yankees OF 152 - - 378 2.5 365 348 17 13 6 n/a n/a n/a .966 0.00 -
1921 Yankees P 2 1 27 3 1.5 3 1 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00 -
1922 Yankees 1B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1922 Yankees OF 110 - - 249 2.3 240 226 14 9 3 n/a n/a n/a .964 0.00 -
1923 Yankees 1B 4 - - 43 10.8 42 41 1 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .977 0.00 -
1923 Yankees OF 148 - - 409 2.8 398 378 20 11 2 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00 -
1924 Yankees OF 152 - - 372 2.4 358 340 18 14 4 n/a n/a n/a .962 0.00 -
1925 Yankees OF 98 - - 228 2.3 222 207 15 6 3 n/a n/a n/a .974 0.00 -
1926 Yankees 1B 2 - - 10 5.0 10 10 0 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1926 Yankees OF 149 - - 326 2.2 319 308 11 7 5 n/a n/a n/a .979 0.00 -
1927 Yankees OF 151 - - 355 2.4 342 328 14 13 4 n/a n/a n/a .963 0.00 -
1928 Yankees OF 154 - - 321 2.1 313 304 9 8 0 n/a n/a n/a .975 0.00 -
1929 Yankees OF 133 - - 249 1.9 245 240 5 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .984 0.00 -
1930 Yankees OF 144 - - 286 2.0 276 266 10 10 0 n/a n/a n/a .965 0.00 -
1930 Yankees P 1 1 27 4 4.0 4 0 4 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.00 -
1931 Yankees 1B 1 - - 5 5.0 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1931 Yankees OF 142 - - 249 1.8 242 237 5 7 2 n/a n/a n/a .972 0.00 -
1932 Yankees 1B 1 - - 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1932 Yankees OF 128 - - 228 1.8 219 209 10 9 1 n/a n/a n/a .961 0.00 -
1933 Yankees 1B 1 - - 7 7.0 6 6 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .857 0.00 -
1933 Yankees OF 132 - - 231 1.8 224 215 9 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .970 0.00 -
1933 Yankees P 1 1 27 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.00 -
1934 Yankees OF 111 - - 208 1.9 200 197 3 8 0 n/a n/a n/a .962 0.00 -
1935 Braves OF 26 - - 42 1.6 40 39 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .952 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
OF Totals 2,130 0 0 4,566 2.1 4,412 4,222 190 154 42 n/a n/a n/a .966 0.00 --
P Totals 163 148 3,664 464 2.8 449 95 354 15 21 n/a n/a n/a .968 3.31 --
LF Totals 111 0 0 237 2.1 236 222 14 1 6 n/a n/a n/a .996 0.00 --
1B Totals 32 0 0 268 8.4 259 248 11 9 17 n/a n/a n/a .966 0.00 --
22 Years 2,436 148 3,664 5,535 2.3 5,356 4,787 569 179 86 n/a n/a n/a .968 39.47 --
Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1914 Red Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.5 5.0 0.43 1.17 2.74
1915 Red Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 23.0 4.0 4.4 1.32 4.63 3.51
1916 Red Sox 0 - - - - n/a 45.3 5.9 9.1 1.44 4.73 3.28
1917 Red Sox 0 - - - - n/a 61.5 6.8 10.3 1.19 3.53 2.98
1918 Red Sox 6 - - - - n/a 28.8 5.5 4.8 0.82 2.16 2.65
1919 Red Sox 7 - - - - n/a 14.9 7.4 3.8 0.52 2.03 3.92
1920 Yankees 14 14 .500 - - n/a 8.5 5.7 3.3 0.00 0.00 4.50
1921 Yankees 17 13 .567 - - n/a 9.2 6.7 3.2 0.22 2.00 9.00
1922 Yankees 2 5 .286 - - n/a 11.6 5.1 4.1 - - -
1923 Yankees 17 21 .447 - - n/a 12.7 5.6 4.0 - - -
1924 Yankees 9 13 .409 - - n/a 11.5 6.5 4.4 - - -
1925 Yankees 2 4 .333 - - n/a 14.4 5.3 5.4 - - -
1926 Yankees 11 9 .550 - - n/a 10.5 6.5 3.4 - - -
1927 Yankees 7 6 .538 - - n/a 9.0 6.1 3.3 - - -
1928 Yankees 4 5 .444 - - n/a 9.9 6.2 3.8 - - -
1929 Yankees 5 3 .625 - - n/a 10.8 8.3 3.2 - - -
1930 Yankees 10 10 .500 - - n/a 10.6 8.5 3.4 1.50 3.00 2.00
1931 Yankees 5 4 .556 - - n/a 11.6 10.5 3.3 - - -
1932 Yankees 2 2 .500 - - n/a 11.1 7.4 3.3 - - -
1933 Yankees 4 5 .444 - - n/a 13.5 5.1 4.5 0.00 0.00 3.00
1934 Yankees 1 3 .250 - - n/a 16.6 5.8 4.3 - - -
1935 Braves 0 - - - - n/a 12.0 3.0 6.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
22 Years 123 117 .513 - - n/a 11.8 6.3 3.8 1.11 3.60 3.25
Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1914 Boston Red Sox n/a $1,900.00 n/a -
1915 Boston Red Sox n/a $3,500.00 n/a Stats
1916 Boston Red Sox n/a $3,500.00 n/a Stats
1917 Boston Red Sox n/a $5,000.00 n/a -
1918 Boston Red Sox n/a $7,500.00 n/a Stats
1919 Boston Red Sox n/a $10,000.00 n/a -
1920 New York Yankees n/a $20,000.00 n/a -
1921 New York Yankees n/a $30,000.00 n/a Stats
1922 New York Yankees n/a $52,000.00 n/a Stats
1923 New York Yankees n/a $52,000.00 n/a Stats
1924 New York Yankees n/a $52,000.00 n/a -
1925 New York Yankees n/a $52,000.00 n/a -
1926 New York Yankees n/a $52,000.00 n/a Stats
1927 New York Yankees n/a $70,000.00 n/a Stats
1928 New York Yankees n/a $70,000.00 n/a Stats
1929 New York Yankees 3 $70,000.00 n/a -
1930 New York Yankees 3 $80,000.00 n/a -
1931 New York Yankees 3 $80,000.00 n/a -
1932 New York Yankees 3 $75,000.00 n/a Stats
1933 New York Yankees 3 $52,000.00 Stats -
1934 New York Yankees 3 $37,500.00 Stats -
1935 Boston Braves 3 $25,000.00 - -


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