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Babe Ruth
Full name George Herman Ruth Born February 6, 1895, Baltimore, Maryland Died August 16, 1948, New York, New York Buried at Cemetery of the Gate of Heaven, Hawthorne, New York (Section 25- Lot 1115- Center of Graves 3 and 4) First Game: July 11, 1914 ; Final Game: May 30, 1935 Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 2" Weight: 215 Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1936 Won League Award as AL Most Valuable Player (1923) Named outfielder on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1926 to 1931) Ejections as player: 1917 (2), 1919 (1), 1922 (3) , 1924 (2), 1930 (1), 1931 (1), 1932 (1). Total: 11 Ejections as coach: 1938 (1) SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1914 BOS A Daily Splits 5 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0i 4 0 0 0 0i 0i 0 0 .200 .200 .300 0.0 1914 BOS A
1915 BOS A Daily Splits 42 92 16 29 10 1 4 20 9 0i 23 0 2 0 0i 2i 0 0 .315 .376 .576 0.0 1915 BOS A
1916 BOS A Daily Splits 67 136 18 37 5 3 3 16 10 0i 23 0 4 0i 2i 0i 0 0 .272 .322 .419 0.0 1916 BOS A
1917 BOS A Daily Splits 52 123 14 40 6 3 2 14 12 0 18 0 7 0 4 1 0 2 .325 .385 .472 0.0 1917 BOS A
1918 BOS A Daily Splits 95 317 50 95 26 11 11 61 58 26 58 2 3 0 10 4 6 5 .300 .411 .555 3.6 1918 BOS A
1919 BOS A Daily Splits 130 432 103 139 34 12 29 113 101 35 58 6 3 0 14 5 7 6 .322 .456 .657 7.4 1919 BOS A
1920 NY A Daily Splits 142 458 158 172 36 9 54 135 150 36 80 3 5 0 8 6 14 14 .376 .532 .847 9.4 1920 NY A
1921 NY A Daily Splits 152 540 177 204 44 16 59 168 145 27 81 4 4 0 8 5 17 13 .378 .512 .846 9.6 1921 NY A
1922 NY A Daily Splits 110 406 94 128 24 8 35 96 84 12 80 1 4 0 8 6 2 5 .315 .434 .672 3.8 1922 NY A
1923 NY A Daily Splits 152 522 151 205 45 13 41 130 170 40 93 4 3 0 11 4 17 21 .393 .545 .764 10.8 1923 NY A
1924 NY A Daily Splits 153 529 143 200 39 7 46 124 142 28 81 4 6 0 12 4 9 13 .378 .513 .739 8.9 1924 NY A
1925 NY A Daily Splits 98 359 61 104 12 2 25 67 59 1 68 2 6 0 5 8 2 4 .290 .393 .543 1.8 1925 NY A
1926 NY A Daily Splits 152 495 139 184 30 5 47 153 144 12 76 3 10 0 8 8 11 9 .372 .516 .737 8.6 1926 NY A
1927 NY A Daily Splits 151 540 158 192 29 8 60 165 137 3 89 0 14 0 7 8 7 6 .356 .486 .772 9.2 1927 NY A
1928 NY A Daily Splits 154 536 163 173 29 8 54 146 137 8 87 3 8 0 8 10 4 5 .323 .463 .709 7.1 1928 NY A
1929 NY A Daily Splits 135 499 121 172 26 6 46 154 72 5 60 3 13 0 3 9 5 3 .345 .430 .697 5.0 1929 NY A
1930 NY A Daily Splits 145 518 150 186 28 9 49 153 136 8 61 1 21 0 15 15 10 10 .359 .493 .732 7.6 1930 NY A
1931 NY A Daily Splits 145 534 149 199 31 3 46 162 128 5 51 1 0 0 7 5 5 4 .373 .495 .700 7.8 1931 NY A
1932 NY A Daily Splits 133 457 120 156 13 5 41 137 130 4 62 2 0 0 5 11 2 2 .341 .489 .661 6.4 1932 NY A
1933 NY A Daily Splits 137 459 97 138 21 3 34 104 114 3 90 2 0 0 6 15 4 5 .301 .442 .582 4.6 1933 NY A
1934 NY A Daily Splits 125 365 78 105 17 4 22 84 104 1 63 2 0 0 3 10 1 3 .288 .448 .537 3.1 1934 NY A
1935 BOS N Daily Splits 28 72 13 13 0 0 6 12 20 0 24 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .181 .359 .431 0.1 1935 BOS N
Total NL ( 1 Year ) 28 72 13 13 0 0 6 12 20 0 24 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .181 .359 .431 0.1 Total NL
Total AL (21 Years) 2475 8327 2161 2860 506 136 708 2202 2042 254i1306 43 113 0i144i136i 123 130 .343 .475 .692 114.7 Total AL
Total (22 Years) Splits 2503 8399 2174 2873 506 136 714 2214 2062 254i1330 43 113 0i145i138i 123 130 .342 .474 .690 114.8 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1915 BOS A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1915 BOS A
1916 BOS A Daily Splits 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1916 BOS A
1918 BOS A Daily Splits 3 5 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .600 1918 BOS A
1921 NY A Daily Splits 6 16 3 5 0 0 1 4 5 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .313 .476 .500 1921 NY A
1922 NY A Daily Splits 5 17 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .118 .250 .176 1922 NY A
1923 NY A Daily Splits 6 19 8 7 1 1 3 3 8 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .368 .556 1.000 1923 NY A
1926 NY A Daily Splits 7 20 6 6 0 0 4 5 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .300 .548 .900 1926 NY A
1927 NY A Daily Splits 4 15 4 6 0 0 2 7 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .400 .471 .800 1927 NY A
1928 NY A Daily Splits 4 16 9 10 3 0 3 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .625 .647 1.375 1928 NY A
1932 NY A Daily Splits 4 15 6 5 0 0 2 6 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .500 .733 1932 NY A
Total (10 Years) Splits 41 129 37 42 5 2 15 33 33 2 30 2 3 0 0 1 3 4 3 .326 .470 .744 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1933 AL Daily Splits 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.250 1933 AL
1934 AL Daily Splits 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 1934 AL
Total ( 2 Years) Splits 2 6 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .833 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
1914 BOS A Daily Splits 4 3 1 0 0 0 23 21 96 1 12 10 7 0i 3 3 0 0 0 2i 0i 0i 4i 2 1 3.91 5.67 -0.3 1914 BOS A
1915 BOS A Daily Splits 32 28 16 1 3 0 217.2 166 874 3 80 59 85 2 i 112 15i 9 6 1 16i 3i 4i 13i 18 8 2.44 5.21 2.8 1915 BOS A
1916 BOS A Daily Splits 44 40 23 9 3 1 323.2 230 1272 0 83 63 118 0i 170 25i 3 8 1 24i 4i 10i 27 i 23 12 1.75 3.97 5.7 1916 BOS A
1917 BOS A Daily Splits 41 38 35 6 3 2 326.1 244 1277 2 93 73 108 2 128 32 5 11 0 43 10 12 24 24 13 2.01 3.68 4.9 1917 BOS A
1918 BOS A Daily Splits 20 19 18 1 0 0 166.1 125 660 1 51 41 49 1 40 25 3 2 1 19 6 13 19 13 7 2.22 4.00 2.9 1918 BOS A
1919 BOS A Daily Splits 17 15 12 0 2 1 133.1 148 570 2 59 44 58 1 30 26 5 2 1 35 4 8 11 9 5 2.97 3.80 1.4 1919 BOS A
1920 NY A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 17 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 4.50 14.00 -0.1 1920 NY A
1921 NY A Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 1 0 9 14 49 1 10 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 2 0 9.00 13.00 -0.6 1921 NY A
1930 NY A Daily Splits 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 11 39 0 3 3 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3.00 9.00 0.3 1930 NY A
1933 NY A Daily Splits 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 12 42 0 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.00 6.00 0.0 1933 NY A
Total (10 Years) Splits 163 147 107 17 12 4 1221.1 974 4896 10 400 309 441 6 488 127 25 29 4 145 31 50 101i 94 46 2.28 4.33 17.0 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
i - incomplete World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
1916 BOS A Daily Splits 1 1 1 0 0 0 14 6 48 1 1 1 3 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0.64 2.00 1916 BOS A
1918 BOS A Daily Splits 2 2 1 1 0 0 17 13 68 0 2 2 7 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.06 2.00 1918 BOS A
Total ( 2 Years) Splits 3 3 2 1 0 0 31 19 116 1 3 3 10 0 8 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 0.87 2.00 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1914 BOS A Daily Splits P 4 3 1 22 0 7 0 0 0 0 3i 1 0i1.000
1915 BOS A Daily Splits P 32 28 16 217.2 17 63 2 3 0 3 25 10 2i .976
1916 BOS A Daily Splits P 44 40 23 324 24 83 3 6 0 0 16i 16 1i .973
1917 BOS A Daily Splits P 41 38 35 326.2 19 101 2 4 0 9 18 21 6 .984
1918 BOS A Daily Splits OF 59 57 52 507.1 121 8 7 3 0 .949 47 12 0
1918 BOS A LF 47 46 42 406.1 97 8 6 3 0 .946
1918 BOS A P 20 19 18 167 19 58 6 4 0 1 16 9 3 .928
1918 BOS A 1B 13 13 13 110.2 130 6 5 9 0 .965
1918 BOS A CF 12 11 10 101 25 0 1 0 0 .962
1919 BOS A Daily Splits OF 110 106 96 925.1 222 14 1 4 0 .996 110 1 0
1919 BOS A LF 110 106 96 921.1 215 14 1 4 0 .996
1919 BOS A P 17 15 12 133.1 13 35 2 1 0 1 10 9 2 .960
1919 BOS A 1B 6 5 4 43 35 4 1 5 0 .975
1919 BOS A CF 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 -
1920 NY A Daily Splits OF 141 140 132 1206.1 259 21 19 3 0 .936 32 25 86
1920 NY A RF 86 84 80 724.2 146 20 9 2 0 .949
1920 NY A LF 32 31 28 269 57 1 4 1 0 .935
1920 NY A CF 25 25 24 212.2 52 1 6 0 0 .898
1920 NY A 1B 2 0 0 8 10 0 1 1 0 .909
1920 NY A P 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
1921 NY A Daily Splits OF 152 150 142 1317.1 348 17 13 5 0 .966 132 21 0
1921 NY A LF 132 132 124 1142.1 280 15 9 4 0 .970
1921 NY A CF 21 18 18 175 67 2 4 1 0 .945
1921 NY A 1B 2 0 0 5 8 0 0 0 0 1.000
1921 NY A P 2 1 0 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1.000
1922 NY A Daily Splits OF 110 110 104 968 226 14 9 3 0 .964 71 0 39
1922 NY A LF 71 71 68 625 150 6 5 1 0 .969
1922 NY A RF 39 39 36 343 74 7 5 0 0 .942
1922 NY A 1B 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 -
1923 NY A Daily Splits OF 148 148 145 1333 378 20 11 2 0 .973 68 7 73
1923 NY A RF 73 73 71 654.2 175 13 8 1 0 .959
1923 NY A LF 68 68 67 616 177 7 3 1 0 .984
1923 NY A CF 7 7 7 62.1 22 0 0 0 0 1.000
1923 NY A 1B 4 4 4 36 41 1 1 2 0 .977
1924 NY A Daily Splits OF 152 151 135 1319 340 18 14 4 0 .962 50 9 100
1924 NY A RF 100 98 87 853.2 232 14 10 4 0 .961
1924 NY A LF 50 50 45 431.1 101 3 3 0 0 .972
1924 NY A CF 9 3 3 34 5 2 1 0 0 .875
1925 NY A Daily Splits OF 98 98 85 840.1 207 15 6 3 0 .974 33 0 66
1925 NY A RF 66 66 56 584 145 12 4 3 0 .975
1925 NY A LF 33 32 29 256.1 62 3 2 0 0 .970
1926 NY A Daily Splits OF 149 149 135 1273.2 308 11 7 5 0 .979 82 0 68
1926 NY A LF 82 82 75 695.2 172 6 3 3 0 .983
1926 NY A RF 68 67 60 578 136 5 4 2 0 .972
1926 NY A 1B 2 0 0 7 10 0 0 2 0 1.000
1927 NY A Daily Splits OF 151 151 133 1304.2 328 14 13 4 0 .963 56 0 95
1927 NY A RF 95 95 79 805 191 11 10 3 0 .953
1927 NY A LF 56 56 54 499.2 137 3 3 1 0 .979
1928 NY A Daily Splits OF 154 154 134 1320 304 9 8 0 0 .975 55 0 99
1928 NY A RF 99 99 90 859 211 9 6 0 0 .973
1928 NY A LF 55 55 44 461 93 0 3 0 0 .969
1929 NY A Daily Splits OF 133 132 107 1112.2 240 5 4 2 0 .984 55 0 78
1929 NY A RF 78 77 62 657.2 137 3 2 1 0 .986
1929 NY A LF 55 55 45 455 103 2 2 1 0 .981
1930 NY A Daily Splits OF 144 144 119 1220.2 266 10 10 0 0 .965 53 0 91
1930 NY A RF 91 91 76 781.1 172 6 6 0 0 .967
1930 NY A LF 53 53 43 439.1 97 3 4 0 0 .962
1930 NY A P 1 1 1 9 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1931 NY A Daily Splits OF 142 142 88 1166.2 237 5 7 2 0 .972 51 0 91
1931 NY A RF 91 91 55 754 145 4 5 2 0 .968
1931 NY A LF 51 51 33 412.2 92 1 2 0 0 .979
1931 NY A 1B 1 1 1 9 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
1932 NY A Daily Splits OF 129 128 64 1056.2 209 10 9 1 0 .961 44 0 87
1932 NY A RF 87 85 49 722.1 146 8 6 1 0 .963
1932 NY A LF 44 43 15 334.1 63 2 3 0 0 .956
1932 NY A 1B 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1933 NY A Daily Splits OF 132 132 60 1022 215 9 7 4 0 .970 55 0 78
1933 NY A RF 78 77 37 621 130 6 3 1 0 .978
1933 NY A LF 55 55 23 401 85 3 4 3 0 .957
1933 NY A 1B 1 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 .857
1933 NY A P 1 1 1 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1934 NY A Daily Splits OF 111 110 34 799 197 3 8 0 0 .962 34 0 77
1934 NY A RF 77 76 21 559 148 3 6 0 0 .962
1934 NY A LF 34 34 13 240 48 0 2 0 0 .960
1935 BOS N Daily Splits OF 26 26 1 159 39 1 2 0 0 .952 22 0 4
1935 BOS N LF 22 22 1 132 30 1 2 0 0 .939
1935 BOS N RF 4 4 0 27 9 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total (18 Years) Splits OF 2241 2228 1766 18851.2 4444 204 155 45 0 .968 1050 75 1132
Total (15 Years) RF 1132 1122 859 9524.1 2197 121 84 20 0 .965
Total (18 Years) LF 1050 1042 845 8738.1 2059 78 61 22 0 .972
Total (10 Years) P 163 147 107 1221.2 95 354 15 20 0 16 93i 67 14i .968
Total ( 6 Years) CF 75 64 62 589 171 5 12 1 0 .936
Total (10 Years) 1B 33 23 22 230.2 248 11 9 19 0 .966
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
i - incomplete World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1916 BOS A Daily Splits P 1 1 1 14 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000
1918 BOS A Daily Splits OF 2 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 0
1918 BOS A LF 2 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1918 BOS A P 2 2 1 17 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.000
1921 NY A Daily Splits OF 5 5 4 43 9 0 0 0 0 1.000 5 0 0
1921 NY A LF 5 5 4 43 9 0 0 0 0 1.000
1922 NY A Daily Splits OF 5 5 5 43 9 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 5
1922 NY A RF 5 5 5 43 9 0 0 0 0 1.000
1923 NY A Daily Splits OF 6 6 5 52 15 0 1 0 0 .938 0 0 6
1923 NY A RF 6 6 5 52 15 0 1 0 0 .938
1923 NY A 1B 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1926 NY A Daily Splits OF 7 7 7 63 8 2 0 0 0 1.000 3 0 4
1926 NY A RF 4 4 4 36 4 1 0 0 0 1.000
1926 NY A LF 3 3 3 27 4 1 0 0 0 1.000
1927 NY A Daily Splits OF 4 4 4 36 10 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4
1927 NY A RF 4 4 4 36 10 0 0 0 0 1.000
1928 NY A Daily Splits OF 4 4 4 36 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 2
1928 NY A RF 2 2 2 18 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
1928 NY A LF 2 2 2 18 4 1 0 0 0 1.000
1932 NY A Daily Splits OF 4 4 3 35 8 0 1 0 0 .889 2 0 2
1932 NY A RF 2 2 2 18 4 0 1 0 0 .800
1932 NY A LF 2 2 1 17 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 8 Years) Splits OF 37 35 32 310.1 68 3 2 0 0 .973 14 0 23
Total ( 6 Years) RF 23 23 22 203 46 1 2 0 0 .959
Total ( 5 Years) LF 14 12 10 107.1 22 2 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) P 3 3 2 31 2 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) 1B 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1933 AL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1933 AL RF 1 1 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1934 AL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1934 AL RF 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total ( 2 Years) Splits OF 2 2 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2
Total ( 2 Years) RF 2 2 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Coaching Record
Year Team START END
1938 BRO N 6-19 10- 2
Total ( 1 Year )
Ejection Information
As player:
Date Team Umpire Reason
6-23-1917(1) BOX BOS A Brick Owens Balls and strikes (Struck umpire)
9-13-1917 BOX BOS A George Moriarty Bench jockeying
8-22-1919 BOX BOS A Brick Owens Called third strike
5-25-1922 BOX NY A George Hildebrand Call at 2B (Threw dirt)
6-19-1922 BOX NY A Bill Dinneen Call at 2B (from LF)
8-30-1922 BOX NY A Tommy Connolly Called third strike
4-19-1924 BOX NY A Billy Evans Called third strike
8- 1-1924 BOX NY A Pants Rowland Call at 2B
7- 8-1930(1) BOX NY A Brick Owens Balls and strikes (from bench)
8-21-1931 BOX NY A Roy Van Graflan Home run call
5- 7-1932 BOX NY A Brick Owens Called third strike
As coach:
Date Team Umpire Reason
8- 7-1938(1) BOX BRO N Beans Reardon Call at 1B
Transaction Information
Sold by Baltimore (International) to Boston Red Sox with Ernie Shore and Ben Egan
for more than $25000 (July 9, 1914 ).
Sold by Boston Red Sox to New York Yankees for $100000 (December 26, 1919 ).
Released by New York Yankees (February 26, 1935 ).
Signed by Boston Braves (February 26, 1935 ).
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