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Historical player · 1914–1935 · ★ Hall of Fame 1936

Babe Ruth

B/T L/L · HT 74 · WT 215 · Born 2/6/1895 · From Baltimore, MD USA · Debut 1914-07-11 · Final 1935-05-30

Career · batting

2,503

8,398

2,873

714

RBI

2,217

123

2,062

AVG/OPS

0.342 · 1.164

Career · pitching

163

148

1,221.3

W-L

94-46

488

ERA

2.28

WHIP

1.16

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the New York Yankees · 1920–1934

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659

#1 on the Yankees

↓ 123 M. Mantle

Hits

2,518

#3 on the Yankees

↑ 203 L. Gehrig

↓ 103 M. Mantle

RBI

1,975

#2 on the Yankees

↑ 20 L. Gehrig

↓ 438 J. DiMaggio

110

#29 on the Yankees

↑ 2 C. Knoblauch

↓ 8 J. Ellsbury

Runs

1,959

#1 on the Yankees

↓ 36 D. Jeter

1,852

#1 on the Yankees

↓ 119 M. Mantle

Career with the Boston Red Sox · 1914–1919

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#67 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 J. Duran

↓ 1 D. Mirabelli

Hits

342

#146 on the Red Sox

↑ 5 J. Frye

↓ 5 M. Easler

RBI

230

#85 on the Red Sox

↑ 2 D. Stuart

↓ 1 W. Dropo

#164 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 D. Buddin

↓ 1 C. Cooper

Runs

202

#112 on the Red Sox

↑ 5 D. Griffin

↓ 4 C. Crisp

190

#84 on the Red Sox

↑ 2 T. Brunansky

↓ 3 M. Menosky

Career with the Boston Braves · 1935–1935

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#328 on the Braves

↑ 1 E. Abbaticchio

↓ 1 G. Yeager

Hits

#979 on the Braves

↑ 1 S. Covington

↓ 1 E. Whited

RBI

#752 on the Braves

↑ 1 C. Autry

↓ 1 C. Wilson

Runs

#790 on the Braves

↑ 1 R. Barrett

↓ 1 M. Bell

#542 on the Braves

↑ 1 M. Adams

↓ 1 N. Andrews

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

714

#3 all-time MLB

↑ 41 H. Aaron

↓ 11 A. Pujols

Hits

2,873

#46 all-time MLB

↑ 3 M. Ott

↓ 7 H. Baines

RBI

2,217

#3 all-time MLB

↑ 1 A. Pujols

↓ 131 A. Rodriguez

123

#747 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Kling

↓ 1 T. Anderson

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1914	Red Sox	AL	5	10	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	0.200	—	0.300
1915	Red Sox	AL	42	92	16	29	10	1	4	21	0	9	23	0.315	—	0.576
1916	Red Sox	AL	67	136	18	37	5	3	3	15	0	10	23	0.272	—	0.419
1917	Red Sox	AL	52	123	14	40	6	3	2	12	0	12	18	0.325	—	0.472
1918	Red Sox	AL	95	317	50	95	26	11	11	66	6	58	58	0.300	—	0.555
1919	Red Sox	AL	130	432	103	139	34	12	29	114	7	101	58	0.322	—	0.657
1920	Yankees	AL	142	457	158	172	36	9	54	137	14	150	80	0.376	—	0.849
1921	Yankees	AL	152	540	177	204	44	16	59	171	17	145	81	0.378	—	0.846
1922	Yankees	AL	110	406	94	128	24	8	35	99	2	84	80	0.315	—	0.672
1923	Yankees	AL	152	522	151	205	45	13	41	131	17	170	93	0.393	—	0.764
1924	Yankees	AL	153	529	143	200	39	7	46	121	9	142	81	0.378	—	0.739
1925	Yankees	AL	98	359	61	104	12	2	25	66	2	59	68	0.290	—	0.543
1926	Yankees	AL	152	495	139	184	30	5	47	150	11	144	76	0.372	—	0.737
1927	Yankees	AL	151	540	158	192	29	8	60	164	7	137	89	0.356	—	0.772
1928	Yankees	AL	154	536	163	173	29	8	54	142	4	137	87	0.323	—	0.709
1929	Yankees	AL	135	499	121	172	26	6	46	154	5	72	60	0.345	—	0.697
1930	Yankees	AL	145	518	150	186	28	9	49	153	10	136	61	0.359	—	0.732
1931	Yankees	AL	145	534	149	199	31	3	46	163	5	128	51	0.373	—	0.700
1932	Yankees	AL	133	457	120	156	13	5	41	137	2	130	62	0.341	—	0.661
1933	Yankees	AL	137	459	97	138	21	3	34	103	4	114	90	0.301	—	0.582
1934	Yankees	AL	125	365	78	105	17	4	22	84	1	104	63	0.288	—	0.537
1935	Braves	NL	28	72	13	13	0	0	6	12	0	20	24	0.181	—	0.431
Career			2,503	8,398	2,174	2,873	506	136	714	2,217	123	2,062	1,330	0.342	0.474	0.690

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1914	Red Sox	AL	2	1	4	3	0	23.0	21	10	7	3	3.91	1.22
1915	Red Sox	AL	18	8	32	28	0	217.7	166	59	85	112	2.44	1.15
1916	Red Sox	AL	23	12	44	41	1	323.7	230	63	118	170	1.75	1.08
1917	Red Sox	AL	24	13	41	38	2	326.3	244	73	108	128	2.01	1.08
1918	Red Sox	AL	13	7	20	19	0	166.3	125	41	49	40	2.22	1.05
1919	Red Sox	AL	9	5	17	15	1	133.3	148	44	58	30	2.97	1.55
1920	Yankees	AL	1	0	1	1	0	4.0	3	2	2	0	4.50	1.25
1921	Yankees	AL	2	0	2	1	0	9.0	14	9	9	2	9.00	2.56
1930	Yankees	AL	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	11	3	2	3	3.00	1.44
1933	Yankees	AL	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	12	5	3	0	5.00	1.67
Career			94	46	163	148	4	1,221.3	974	309	441	488	2.28	1.16

Fielding by position

Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
OF	2,241	4,444	204	155	48
P	163	95	354	15	21
1B	32	248	11	9	17

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1936	BBWAA	215	170	Inducted