Babe Ruth

Positions: Outfielder and Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, MD us

Died: August 16, 1948 in New York, NY

Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY

High School: St. Mary's HS (Baltimore, MD)

Debut: July 11, 1914 (Age 19-155d, 4,203rd in major league history)
vs. CLE 7.0 IP, 8 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: May 30, 1935 (Age 40-113d)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1936. (Voted by BBWAA on 215/226 ballots)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1939.
View Babe Ruth's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1915 season

Full Name: George Herman Ruth

Nicknames: Babe, The Bambino, The Sultan Of Swat, Jidge, The Colossus of Clout or The King of Crash

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

182.6

8399

2873

714

.342

2174

RBI

2214

123

OBP

.474

SLG

.690

OPS

1.164

OPS+

206

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 16	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
3	8 (3)	Apr 21	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	11 (2)	Apr 25	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
5	13 (1)	Apr 30	BOS		PHA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	15 (1)	May 7	BOS	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	19 (3)	May 11	BOS	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
8	23 (3)	May 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS	27	5.2	0	4	0	4	0
9	26 (2)	May 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-8	GS	15	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
10	30 (3)	May 24	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
11	35 (4)	May 29 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	39 (3)	Jun 1	BOS		CLE	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
13	43 (3)	Jun 6	BOS		DET	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	46 (2)	Jun 13 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
15	50 (3)	Jun 16	BOS		CHW	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
16	54 (3)	Jun 20 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	57 (2)	Jun 23 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-0	GS	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	68 (10)	Jul 3 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
19	74 (5)	Jul 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
20	77 (2)	Jul 11	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	81 (3)	Jul 15 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	39	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	86 (4)	Jul 19	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
23	88 (1)	Jul 21	BOS	@	CHW	T,5-5	GF	0	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
24	92 (3)	Jul 26 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,11-2	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
25	96 (3)	Jul 30	BOS		CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	100 (3)	Aug 3	BOS		CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
27	105 (4)	Aug 10 (1)	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
28	110 (4)	Aug 14	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
29	114 (3)	Aug 18 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
30	117 (2)	Aug 20 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
31	118	Aug 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
32	121 (2)	Aug 25	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	123 (1)	Aug 27	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
34	125 (1)	Aug 31 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	130 (4)	Sep 4 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
36	135 (4)	Sep 10 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	141 (5)	Sep 15	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	145 (3)	Sep 20	BOS		DET	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	148 (2)	Sep 24	BOS		CHW	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
40	153 (4)	Sep 29 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,11-0	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
41	156 (2)	Oct 3	BOS		WSH	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
							41gm		326.0	19	101	2	122	4