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.

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"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" - Ruth, Babe. Pinstripe Quotes: The Wit and Wisdom of the New York Yankees. Clougherty, Henry. Author. Sports Publishing. 22 February 2013. Page 201. [Babe Ruth Quotes]

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Babe Ruth Autograph on a 2011 Upper Deck Legendary Cuts Baseball Card (#1/5)

Babe Ruth Autograph on a 2011 Upper Deck Legendary Cuts Baseball Card (#1/5)

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Birth Name:   George Herman Ruth
Nickname:   Babe or The Bambino or The Sultan of Swat
Born On:   02-06-1895  (Aquarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Baltimore, Maryland
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-16-1948 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   New York, New York
Cemetery:   Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, New York Click For Grave Photo
High School:   St. Mary's High School (Baltimore, MD)
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

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Babe Ruth Pitching Stats

1914 19 Red Sox 4 3 0 2 1 .667 3.91 1 0 0 23.0 96 21 10 12 1 7 0 3 0 0 0 -
1915 20 Red Sox 32 28 3 18 8 .692 2.44 16 1 0 217.2 874 166 59 80 3 85 2 112 9 6 1 -
1916 21 Red Sox 44 41 3 23 12 .657 1.75 23 9 1 323.2 1,272 230 63 83 0 118 0 170 3 8 1 -
1917 22 Red Sox 41 38 2 24 13 .649 2.01 35 6 2 326.1 1,277 244 73 91 2 108 1 128 5 11 0 -
1918 23 Red Sox 20 19 0 13 7 .650 2.22 18 1 0 166.1 660 125 41 51 1 49 1 40 3 2 1 -
1919 24 Red Sox 17 15 2 9 5 .643 2.97 12 0 1 133.1 570 148 44 59 2 58 0 30 5 2 1 -
1920 25 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 0 0
1921 26 Yankees 2 1 1 2 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 0 9.0 49 14 9 10 1 9 0 2 0 0 0 -
1930 35 Yankees 1 1 0 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 0 0 9.0 39 11 3 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0
1933 38 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 0 0
10 Years 163 148 11 94 46 .671 2.28 107 17 4 1,221.1 4,896 974 309 398 10 441 4 488 25 29 4 0

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Babe Ruth Hitting Stats

1914 19 Red Sox 5 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .300
1915 20 Red Sox 42 92 16 29 10 1 4 0 21 9 1 23 2 0 0 2 .315 .376 .576
1916 21 Red Sox 67 136 18 37 5 3 3 0 15 10 0 23 4 0 0 0 .272 .322 .419
1917 22 Red Sox 52 123 14 40 6 3 2 0 12 12 0 18 7 0 0 1 .325 .385 .472
1918 23 Red Sox 95 317 50 95 26 11 11 0 66 58 10 58 3 0 2 3 .300 .411 .555
1919 24 Red Sox 130 432 103 139 34 12 29 4 114 101 9 58 3 0 6 2 .322 .456 .657
1920 25 Yankees 142 458 158 172 36 9 54 0 137 150 32 80 5 0 3 6 .376 .532 .847
1921 26 Yankees 152 540 177 204 44 16 59 0 171 145 23 81 4 0 4 4 .378 .512 .846
1922 27 Yankees 110 406 94 128 24 8 35 1 99 84 14 80 4 0 1 6 .315 .434 .672
1923 28 Yankees 152 522 151 205 45 13 41 0 131 170 37 93 3 0 4 3 .393 .545 .764
1924 29 Yankees 153 529 143 200 39 7 46 0 121 142 24 81 6 0 4 4 .378 .513 .739
1925 30 Yankees 98 359 61 104 12 2 25 1 66 59 1 68 6 0 2 8 .290 .393 .543
1926 31 Yankees 152 495 139 184 30 5 47 1 146 144 9 76 10 0 3 8 .372 .516 .737
1927 32 Yankees 151 540 158 192 29 8 60 2 164 137 3 89 14 0 0 8 .356 .486 .772
1928 33 Yankees 154 536 163 173 29 8 54 0 142 137 8 87 8 0 3 11 .323 .463 .709
1929 34 Yankees 135 499 121 172 26 6 46 3 154 72 5 60 13 0 3 9 .345 .430 .697
1930 35 Yankees 145 518 150 186 28 9 49 1 153 136 8 61 21 0 1 15 .359 .493 .732
1931 36 Yankees 145 534 149 199 31 3 46 1 163 128 5 51 0 0 1 5 .373 .495 .700
1932 37 Yankees 133 457 120 156 13 5 41 1 137 130 4 62 0 0 2 12 .341 .489 .661
1933 38 Yankees 137 459 97 138 21 3 34 0 103 114 3 90 0 0 2 15 .301 .442 .582
1934 39 Yankees 125 365 78 105 17 4 22 1 84 104 1 63 0 0 2 10 .288 .448 .537
1935 40 Braves 28 72 13 13 0 0 6 0 12 20 0 24 0 0 0 2 .181 .359 .431
22 Years 2,503 8,399 2,174 2,873 506 136 714 16 2,213 2,062 197 1,330 113 0 43 134 .342 .474 .690

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Babe Ruth Fielding Stats

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 13 330 141 10.8 136 130 6 5 8 n/a n/a n/a .965 11.13
1918 Red Sox CF 12 11 270 26 2.2 25 25 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.50
1918 Red Sox LF 47 46 1,116 112 2.4 106 98 8 6 3 n/a n/a n/a .946 2.56
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 5 102 40 8.0 39 35 4 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .975 10.32
1919 Red Sox CF 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1919 Red Sox LF 111 106 2,544 237 2.1 236 222 14 1 6 n/a n/a n/a .996 2.50
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 0 23 11 5.5 10 10 0 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .909 11.74
1920 Yankees CF 25 25 633 62 2.5 56 54 2 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .903 2.39
1920 Yankees LF 32 31 738 59 1.8 55 54 1 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .932 2.01
1920 Yankees P 1 1 12 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1920 Yankees RF 86 84 2,136 178 2.1 169 151 18 9 2 n/a n/a n/a .949 2.14
1921 Yankees 1B 2 0 18 8 4.0 8 8 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 12.00
1921 Yankees CF 20 18 486 72 3.6 68 66 2 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .944 3.78
1921 Yankees LF 132 132 3,330 306 2.3 297 282 15 9 4 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.41
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 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1922 Yankees LF 71 71 1,821 161 2.3 156 150 6 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .969 2.31
1922 Yankees RF 39 39 987 88 2.3 84 76 8 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.30
1923 Yankees 1B 4 4 108 43 10.8 42 41 1 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .977 10.50
1923 Yankees CF 7 7 186 122 17.4 122 122 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 17.71
1923 Yankees LF 68 68 1,848 192 2.8 189 182 7 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .984 2.76
1923 Yankees RF 73 73 1,920 195 2.7 187 174 13 8 1 n/a n/a n/a .959 2.63
1924 Yankees CF 9 3 72 5 0.6 5 4 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.88
1924 Yankees LF 50 50 1,182 110 2.2 106 103 3 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.42
1924 Yankees RF 100 98 2,340 257 2.6 247 233 14 10 4 n/a n/a n/a .961 2.85
1925 Yankees LF 33 32 744 67 2.0 65 62 3 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .970 2.36
1925 Yankees RF 66 66 1,524 161 2.4 157 145 12 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .975 2.78
1926 Yankees 1B 2 0 17 10 5.0 10 10 0 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 15.88
1926 Yankees LF 82 82 1,989 181 2.2 178 172 6 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .983 2.42
1926 Yankees RF 68 67 1,599 145 2.1 141 136 5 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .972 2.38
1927 Yankees LF 56 56 1,497 143 2.6 140 137 3 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .979 2.53
1927 Yankees RF 95 95 2,415 212 2.2 202 191 11 10 3 n/a n/a n/a .953 2.26
1928 Yankees LF 55 55 1,188 96 1.7 93 93 0 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .969 2.11
1928 Yankees RF 99 99 2,409 226 2.3 220 211 9 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .973 2.47
1929 Yankees LF 55 55 1,176 107 1.9 105 103 2 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .981 2.41
1929 Yankees RF 78 77 1,656 142 1.8 140 137 3 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .986 2.28
1930 Yankees LF 53 53 1,128 103 1.9 99 95 4 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .961 2.37
1930 Yankees P 1 1 27 4 4.0 4 0 4 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.00
1930 Yankees RF 91 91 2,028 185 2.0 179 173 6 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.38
1931 Yankees 1B 1 1 27 5 5.0 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.00
1931 Yankees LF 51 51 870 95 1.9 93 92 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .979 2.89
1931 Yankees RF 91 90 1,521 154 1.7 149 145 4 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.64
1932 Yankees 1B 1 0 6 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 13.50
1932 Yankees LF 44 43 393 68 1.5 65 63 2 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .956 4.47
1932 Yankees RF 87 85 1,317 160 1.8 154 146 8 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .963 3.16
1933 Yankees 1B 1 0 12 7 7.0 6 6 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .857 13.50
1933 Yankees LF 55 54 585 92 1.7 88 85 3 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .957 4.06
1933 Yankees P 1 1 27 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.00
1933 Yankees RF 78 77 990 139 1.8 136 130 6 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .978 3.71
1934 Yankees LF 34 34 321 50 1.5 48 48 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .960 4.04
1934 Yankees RF 77 76 564 157 2.0 151 148 3 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .962 7.23
1935 Braves LF 22 22 24 33 1.5 31 30 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .939 34.88
1935 Braves RF 4 4 35 9 2.3 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.94
RF Totals 1,132 1,121 23,441 2,408 2.1 2,325 2,205 120 83 22 n/a n/a n/a .966 2.68
LF Totals 1,051 1,041 22,494 2,212 2.1 2,150 2,071 79 62 24 n/a n/a n/a .972 2.58
P Totals 163 148 3,664 464 2.8 449 95 354 15 21 n/a n/a n/a .968 3.31
CF Totals 74 64 1,647 287 3.9 276 271 5 11 1 n/a n/a n/a .962 4.52
1B Totals 32 23 647 268 8.4 259 248 11 9 17 n/a n/a n/a .966 10.81
22 Years 2,452 2,397 51,893 5,639 2.3 5,459 4,890 569 180 85 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.84

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Babe Ruth Miscellaneous Stats

1914 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.5 5.0 0.43 1.17 2.74
1915 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 23.0 4.0 4.4 1.32 4.63 3.51
1916 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 45.3 5.9 9.1 1.44 4.73 3.28
1917 Red Sox 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 61.5 6.8 10.3 1.19 3.53 2.98
1918 Red Sox 6 2 .750 0 0 n/a 28.8 5.5 4.8 0.82 2.16 2.65
1919 Red Sox 7 2 .778 1 0 n/a 14.9 7.4 3.8 0.52 2.03 3.92
1920 Yankees 14 14 .500 1 0 n/a 8.5 5.7 3.3 0.00 0.00 4.50
1921 Yankees 17 13 .567 0 0 n/a 9.2 6.7 3.2 0.22 2.00 9.00
1922 Yankees 2 5 .286 0 0 n/a 11.6 5.1 4.1 - - -
1923 Yankees 17 21 .447 0 0 n/a 12.7 5.6 4.0 - - -
1924 Yankees 9 13 .409 1 0 n/a 11.5 6.5 4.4 - - -
1925 Yankees 2 4 .333 0 0 n/a 14.4 5.3 5.4 - - -
1926 Yankees 11 9 .550 3 0 n/a 10.5 6.5 3.4 - - -
1927 Yankees 7 6 .538 0 0 n/a 9.0 6.1 3.3 - - -
1928 Yankees 4 5 .444 0 0 n/a 9.9 6.2 3.8 - - -
1929 Yankees 5 3 .625 2 0 n/a 10.8 8.3 3.2 - - -
1930 Yankees 10 10 .500 0 0 n/a 10.6 8.5 3.4 1.50 3.00 2.00
1931 Yankees 5 4 .556 2 0 n/a 11.6 10.5 3.3 - - -
1932 Yankees 2 2 .500 4 0 n/a 11.1 7.4 3.3 - - -
1933 Yankees 4 5 .444 4 0 n/a 13.5 5.1 4.5 0.00 0.00 3.00
1934 Yankees 1 3 .250 14 0 n/a 16.6 5.8 4.3 - - -
1935 Braves 0 0 .000 2 0 n/a 12.0 3.0 6.0 - - -
22 Years 123 122 .502 34 0 n/a 11.8 6.3 3.8 1.11 3.60 3.25

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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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Babe Ruth is the single most famous baseball player in the entire world. Babe Ruth is also one of the greatest baseball players in the history of the game. The Bambino's slugging ability was so great, his last name became an adjective — "Ruthian" — used to describe performances of heroic proportion. We could effortlessly write an entire book (more books about Babe Ruth have been written than any other player) here, but will stick to a mere handful of career highlights.

Babe Ruth the "champion": Ruth was a World Series champion seven times (1915, 1916, 1918, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1932), the American League home run champion twelve times (1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931), the RBI Champion six times (1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1926, 1928), the On-Base Percentage Champion ten times (1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1932) and the Slugging Average Champion thirteen times (1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931)!

Babe Ruth the "home run king": Ruth was the first player in Major League history to hit 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 and 700 home runs. In 1919, Ruth hit 29 home runs becoming the all-time single-season home-run leader. A year later Ruth hit 54 home runs, breaking his own record as the all-time single-season home run leader and became the first player to hit over 50 home runs in a season. The very next year, he hit 59 home runs, breaking his own record yet again. Finally, in 1927, The Sultan of Swat hit 60 home runs, breaking the mark and establishing a plateau that was legendary for decades. Currently, Ruth still holds records for most home runs in any decade (467 in the 1920s), fastest player to hit 600 home runs (2,044 games) and fastest player to hit 700 home runs (2,418 games).

Babe Ruth the "best left-handed pitcher in baseball": Ruth was 18-8 with a 2.44 ERA his first full season on the mound (1915), twenty-wins club (23-12) the very next year (and the ERA Champion, 1.75), and twenty-wins club (24-13) the year after that. Ruth still holds pitching records for most shutouts in a season by a lefty with 9 (tied by Ron Guidry in 1978) and most innings pitched (14) in a World Series game, on October 9, 1916, a complete game 2-1 victory.

Babe Ruth the "postseason prince": Ruth set World Series records with 3 homers in a game (and did it twice) and 12 total bases in a game. His 15 postseason home runs, all hit during World Series games, were a record until Mickey Mantle tied him in 1963 then eventually passed him in 1964. And let us never forget the 1932 World Series, legendary and debatable still to this day, courtesy of "The Called Shot".

Babe Ruth the "nickname collector": Babe (which some actually believe is his real name due to its use) probably had more well-published nicknames than any other player and here are but a few we have seen in print: The Bambino, The Sultan of Swat, The Colossus of Clout, The Wazir of Wham, The Maharajah of Mash, The Rajah of Rap, The Caliph of Clout, the Behemoth of Bust, The Mammoth of Maul, The Mauling Mastodon, The Mauling Monarch, The Wali of Wollop, and to his teammates, Jidge.

Babe Ruth the "hall of fame legend": Ruth was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on February 2, 1936, by the Baseball Writers Association of America, as part of the inaugural class of inductees. At the time of his induction, Ruth held literally hundreds, and we mean hundreds, of baseball records. The single most prolific hitter in baseball history, a key component in "Murderer's Row" and a charismatic personality — both on and off the field — that made him a larger-than-life figure and one of the greatest sports heroes, not just in baseball, but in American culture.

Babe Ruth is part of an elite set of pitchers in Major League history whose career on the mound spanned at least ten seasons and NEVER once included a losing record! The other aces: Spud Chandler (11 seasons), Dizzy Dean (12 seasons), Dave Foutz (11 seasons), Joe McGinnity (10 seasons), Andy Pettitte (18 seasons), Deacon Phillippe (13 seasons), Jay Powell (11 seasons) and Urban Shocker (13 seasons).

Babe Ruth Hall of Fame Plaque

Babe Ruth | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 1936 (HOF)

The National Baseball Hall of Fame inaugural class included: Ty Cobb (98.23%), Babe Ruth (95.13%), Honus Wagner (95.13%), Christy Mathewson (90.71%) and Walter Johnson (83.63%), five of the finest players in baseball history selected to begin a tradition in Cooperstown.