Babe Ruth

George Herman Ruth (The Bambino and The Sultan Of Swat)

Hall of Famer

Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, MD
High School: St. Mary's (Baltimore, MD) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 11, 1914
Final Game: May 30, 1935
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1936 (215/226 ballots).
Died: August 16, 1948 in New York, NY
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1914 19 BOS AL 5 10 10 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 .200 .200 .300 .500 50 3 0 0 /1
1915 20 BOS AL 42 103 92 16 29 10 1 4 21 0 9 23 .315 .376 .576 .952 189 53 0 2 1
1916 21 BOS AL 67 150 136 18 37 5 3 3 15 0 10 23 .272 .322 .419 .741 121 57 0 4 1
1917 22 BOS AL 52 142 123 14 40 6 3 2 12 0 12 18 .325 .385 .472 .857 162 58 0 7 1
1918 23 BOS AL 95 380 317 50 95 26 11 11 66 6 58 58 .300 .411 .555 .966 194 176 2 3 O13
1919 24 BOS AL 130 542 432 103 139 34 12 29 114 7 101 58 .322 .456 .657 1.114 219 284 6 3 *O1/3
1920 25 NYY AL 142 615 457 158 172 36 9 54 137 14 14 150 80 .376 .533 .849 1.382 256 388 3 5 */31
1921 26 NYY AL 152 693 540 177 204 44 16 59 171 17 13 145 81 .378 .512 .846 1.359 239 457 4 4 */31
1922 27 NYY AL 110 495 406 94 128 24 8 35 99 2 5 84 80 .315 .434 .672 1.106 181 273 1 4 */3
1923 28 NYY AL 152 699 522 151 205 45 13 41 131 17 21 170 93 .393 .545 .764 1.309 239 399 4 3 */3 MVP-1
1924 29 NYY AL 153 681 529 143 200 39 7 46 121 9 13 142 81 .378 .513 .739 1.252 220 391 4 6 *
1925 30 NYY AL 98 426 359 61 104 12 2 25 66 2 4 59 68 .290 .393 .543 .936 137 195 2 6
1926 31 NYY AL 152 652 495 139 184 30 5 47 150 11 9 144 76 .372 .516 .737 1.253 227 365 3 10 */3
1927 32 NYY AL 151 691 540 158 192 29 8 60 164 7 6 137 89 .356 .486 .772 1.258 226 417 0 14 *
1928 33 NYY AL 154 684 536 163 173 29 8 54 142 4 5 137 87 .323 .463 .709 1.172 208 380 3 8 *
1929 34 NYY AL 135 587 499 121 172 26 6 46 154 5 3 72 60 .345 .430 .697 1.128 193 348 3 13 *
1930 35 NYY AL 145 676 518 150 186 28 9 49 153 10 10 136 61 .359 .493 .732 1.225 211 379 1 21 */1
1931 36 NYY AL 145 663 534 149 199 31 3 46 163 5 4 128 51 .373 .495 .700 1.195 218 374 1 0 */3 MVP-5
1932 37 NYY AL 133 589 457 120 156 13 5 41 137 2 2 130 62 .341 .489 .661 1.150 201 302 2 0 */3 MVP-6
1933 38 NYY AL 137 575 459 97 138 21 3 34 103 4 5 114 90 .301 .442 .582 1.023 176 267 2 0 */31 AS
1934 39 NYY AL 125 471 365 78 105 17 4 22 84 1 3 104 63 .288 .448 .537 .985 161 196 2 0 * AS
1935 40 BSN NL 28 92 72 13 13 0 0 6 12 0 20 24 .181 .359 .431 .789 118 31 2 0 0
22 Seasons 2503 10616 8398 2174 2873 506 136 714 2217 123 117 2062 1330 .342 .474 *.690* *1.164* *207* 5793 2 43 113
162 Game Avg. 162 687 544 141 186 33 9 46 143 8 133 86 .342 .474 .690 1.164 207 375 3 7
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
NYY (15 yrs) 2084 9197 7216 1959 2518 424 106 659 1975 110 117 1852 1122 .349 .484 .711 1.195 210 5131 35 94
BOS (6 yrs) 391 1327 1110 202 342 82 30 49 230 13 190 184 .308 .413 .568 .981 191 631 8 19
BSN (1 yr) 28 92 72 13 13 0 0 6 12 0 20 24 .181 .359 .431 .789 118 31 2 0 0
AL (21 yrs) 2475 10524 8326 2161 2860 506 136 708 2205 123 117 2042 1306 .344 .475 .692 1.167 207 5762 43 113
NL (1 yr) 28 92 72 13 13 0 0 6 12 0 20 24 .181 .359 .431 .789 118 31 2 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1914 19 BOS AL 10 8 1 3.4 82 .333 .200 .256 .200 .330 .300 .336 .500 .665 50 .511 -0.6 -0.1 .375 .100 .100
1915 20 BOS AL 103 65 20 8.3 81 .385 .315 .252 .376 .329 .576 .330 .952 .660 189 .833 9.3 1.0 .984 .359 .261 .0
1916 21 BOS AL 150 103 18 4.7 83 .309 .272 .258 .322 .332 .419 .337 .741 .669 121 .640 2.5 0.3 .677 .221 .147 .0
1917 22 BOS AL 142 90 22 6.6 79 .369 .325 .254 .385 .325 .472 .328 .857 .653 162 .773 8.7 1.0 .843 .244 .146 .0
1918 23 BOS AL 380 225 72 8.7 80 .339 .300 .258 .411 .329 .555 .329 .966 .658 194 .841 36.9 4.1 1.090 .457 .256 7.8
1919 24 BOS AL 542 296 128 11.6 90 .319 .322 .269 .456 .334 .657 .361 1.114 .695 219 .872 72.3 7.3 1.358 .586 .336 11.3
1920 25 NYY AL 615 304 201 17.7 110 .365 .376 .297 .533 .362 .849 .407 1.382 .769 256 .922 114.3 10.8 1.809 .801 .473 22.2
1921 26 NYY AL 693 353 229 17.4 116 .363 .378 .302 .512 .368 .846 .424 1.359 .793 239 .905 120.4 10.9 1.748 .744 .469 26.4
1922 27 NYY AL 495 287 116 10.8 112 .320 .315 .297 .434 .362 .672 .417 1.106 .779 181 .819 49.7 4.7 1.254 .557 .357 3.8
1923 28 NYY AL 699 341 209 16.4 109 .423 .393 .292 .545 .363 .764 .404 1.309 .767 239 .908 121.0 11.3 1.683 .690 .372 24.0
1924 29 NYY AL 681 348 194 14.8 112 .383 .378 .298 .513 .368 .739 .409 1.252 .776 220 .885 103.6 9.6 1.558 .622 .361 15.1
1925 30 NYY AL 426 265 75 7.6 114 .297 .290 .297 .393 .367 .543 .416 .936 .784 137 .672 19.8 1.8 .981 .412 .253 3.7
1926 31 NYY AL 652 330 185 14.9 108 .368 .372 .287 .516 .359 .737 .403 1.253 .762 227 .893 101.6 9.6 1.606 .661 .366 17.8
1927 32 NYY AL 691 368 201 14.6 108 .338 .356 .289 .486 .357 .772 .406 1.258 .763 226 .882 104.9 9.7 1.568 .672 .417 12.5
1928 33 NYY AL 684 376 173 12.3 106 .301 .323 .285 .463 .350 .709 .405 1.172 .754 208 .851 89.1 8.4 1.410 .640 .386 7.4
1929 34 NYY AL 587 343 148 11.5 107 .321 .345 .284 .430 .350 .697 .410 1.128 .760 193 .824 67.4 6.2 1.288 .501 .353 9.0
1930 35 NYY AL 676 363 183 13.4 112 .336 .359 .290 .493 .353 .732 .426 1.225 .780 211 .847 95.2 8.5 1.509 .635 .373 16.6
1931 36 NYY AL 663 339 184 14.5 104 .350 .373 .280 .495 .346 .700 .400 1.195 .747 218 .879 98.2 9.0 1.487 .569 .328 9.0
1932 37 NYY AL 589 303 147 13.0 107 .325 .341 .279 .489 .349 .661 .410 1.150 .759 201 .851 76.2 7.0 1.432 .604 .319 3.8
1933 38 NYY AL 575 326 116 9.6 101 .310 .301 .273 .442 .344 .582 .394 1.023 .737 176 .782 55.5 5.3 1.172 .527 .281 7.2
1934 39 NYY AL 471 263 86 8.7 106 .296 .288 .279 .448 .352 .537 .402 .985 .754 161 .733 39.2 3.6 1.141 .529 .249 1.9
1935 40 BSN NL 92 61 11 4.8 97 .167 .181 .275 .359 .330 .431 .393 .789 .722 118 .514 2.6 0.2 .836 .528 .250 .0
22 Seasons 10616 5757 2719 12.6 105 .340 .342 .285 .474 .353 *.690* .400 *1.164* .753 *207* *.858* *1387.6* *130.4* 1.400 .594 .348 209.8
162 Game Avg. 687 373 176 12.6 105 .340 .342 .285 .474 .353 .690 .400 1.164 .753 207 .858 90 8 1.400 .594 .348 14
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYY (15 yrs) 9197 4909 2447 13.3 109 .342 .349 .289 .484 .357 .711 .409 1.195 .766 210 .863 1256.0 116.4 1.456 .618 .362 188.5
BOS (6 yrs) 1327 787 261 9.0 84 .334 .308 .261 .413 .331 .568 .343 .981 .674 191 .834 129.0 13.7 1.096 .443 .260 20.5
BSN (1 yr) 92 61 11 4.8 97 .167 .181 .275 .359 .330 .431 .393 .789 .722 118 .513 2.6 0.2 .836 .528 .250 .0
AL (21 yrs) 10524 5696 2708 12.7 106 .341 .344 .285 .475 .353 .692 .400 1.167 .754 207 .859 1385.0 130.1 1.407 .595 .349 209.6
NL (1 yr) 92 61 11 4.8 97 .167 .181 .275 .359 .330 .431 .393 .789 .722 118 .513 2.6 0.2 .836 .528 .250 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1915 20 BOS AL WS PHI W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1916 21 BOS AL WS BRO W 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1918 23 BOS AL WS CHC W 3 6 5 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .600 .800 3 0 0 1 0 0
1921 26 NYY AL WS NYG L 6 21 16 3 5 0 0 1 4 2 1 5 8 .313 .476 .500 .976 8 0 0 0 0 0
1922 27 NYY AL WS NYG L 5 21 17 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 .118 .250 .176 .426 3 0 1 1 0 0
1923 28 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 27 19 8 7 1 1 3 3 0 0 8 6 .368 .556 1.000 1.556 19 0 0 0 0 0
1926 31 NYY AL WS STL L 7 31 20 6 6 0 0 4 5 1 1 11 2 .300 .548 .900 1.448 18 0 0 0 0 1
1927 32 NYY AL WS PIT W 4 18 15 4 6 0 0 2 7 1 0 2 2 .400 .444 .800 1.244 12 1 0 0 1 1
1928 33 NYY AL WS STL W 4 17 16 9 10 3 0 3 4 0 0 1 2 .625 .647 1.375 2.022 22 1 0 0 0 0
1932 37 NYY AL WS CHC W 4 20 15 6 5 0 0 2 6 0 0 4 3 .333 .500 .733 1.233 11 1 1 0 0 0
10 Seasons (10 Series) 41 167 129 37 42 5 2 15 33 4 3 33 30 .326 .467 .744 1.211 96 3 2 2 1 2
10 WS 41 167 129 37 42 5 2 15 33 4 3 33 30 .326 .467 .744 1.211 96 3 2 2 1 2

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1933 NYY AL 38 as RF 4 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 1.250 1.750 5 0 0 0 0 0
1934 NYY AL 39 as RF 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 8 6 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 .333 .500 .833 1.333 5 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1914 19 BOS AL 10 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 10.0% 50% 2.5 5.0 60%
1915 20 BOS AL 103 3.9% 22.3% 8.7% 14.6% 52% 2.56 4.0 23.0 4.4 63%
1916 21 BOS AL 150 2.0% 15.3% 6.7% 7.3% 30% 2.30 5.9 45.3 9.1 73%
1917 22 BOS AL 142 1.4% 12.7% 8.5% 7.8% 28% 1.50 6.8 61.5 10.3 73%
1918 23 BOS AL 380 2.9% 15.3% 15.3% 12.6% 51% 1.00 5.5 28.8 4.8 65%
1919 24 BOS AL 542 5.4% 10.7% 18.6% 13.8% 54% 0.57 7.4 14.9 3.8 64%
1920 25 NYY AL 615 8.8% 13.0% 24.4% 16.1% 58% 0.53 5.7 8.5 3.3 53%
1921 26 NYY AL 693 8.5% 11.7% 20.9% 17.2% 58% 0.56 6.7 9.2 3.2 58%
1922 27 NYY AL 495 7.1% 16.2% 17.0% 13.5% 52% 0.95 5.1 11.6 4.1 59%
1923 28 NYY AL 699 5.9% 13.3% 24.3% 14.2% 48% 0.55 5.6 12.7 4.0 56%
1924 29 NYY AL 681 6.8% 11.9% 20.9% 13.5% 46% 0.57 6.5 11.5 4.4 59%
1925 30 NYY AL 426 5.9% 16.0% 13.9% 9.2% 38% 1.15 5.3 14.4 5.4 62%
1926 31 NYY AL 652 7.2% 11.7% 22.1% 12.6% 45% 0.53 6.5 10.5 3.3 57%
1927 32 NYY AL 691 8.7% 12.9% 19.8% 14.0% 51% 0.65 6.1 9.0 3.3 57%
1928 33 NYY AL 684 7.9% 12.7% 20.0% 13.3% 53% 0.64 6.2 9.9 3.8 58%
1929 34 NYY AL 587 7.8% 10.2% 12.3% 13.3% 45% 0.83 8.3 10.8 3.2 67%
1930 35 NYY AL 676 7.3% 9.0% 20.1% 12.7% 46% 0.45 8.5 10.6 3.4 60%
1931 36 NYY AL 663 6.9% 7.7% 19.3% 12.1% 40% 0.40 10.5 11.6 3.3 66%
1932 37 NYY AL 589 7.0% 10.5% 22.1% 10.0% 38% 0.48 7.4 11.1 3.3 60%
1933 38 NYY AL 575 5.9% 15.7% 19.8% 10.1% 42% 0.79 5.1 13.5 4.5 58%
1934 39 NYY AL 471 4.7% 13.4% 22.1% 9.1% 41% 0.61 5.8 16.6 4.3 59%
1935 40 BSN NL 92 6.5% 26.1% 21.7% 6.5% 46% 1.20 3.0 12.0 6.0 46%
22 Seasons 10616 6.7% 12.5% 19.4% 12.8% 47% 0.65 6.3 11.8 3.8 60%
MLB Averages
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1914 19 5 10 10 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 .200 .200 .300 .500 50 3 0 0
1915 20 47 113 102 17 31 11 1 4 23 0 9 27 .304 .360 .549 .909 175 56 0 2
1916 21 114 263 238 35 68 16 4 7 38 0 19 50 .286 .339 .475 .813 144 113 0 6
1917 22 166 405 361 49 108 22 7 9 50 0 31 68 .299 .355 .474 .828 150 171 0 13
1918 23 261 785 678 99 203 48 18 20 116 6 89 126 .299 .382 .512 .894 171 347 2 16
1919 24 391 1327 1110 202 342 82 30 49 230 13 190 184 .308 .413 .568 .981 191 631 8 19
1920 25 533 1942 1567 360 514 118 39 103 367 27 14 340 264 .328 .451 .650 1.101 212 1019 11 24
1921 26 685 2635 2107 537 718 162 55 162 538 44 27 485 345 .341 .467 .701 1.168 220 1476 15 28
1922 27 795 3130 2513 631 846 186 63 197 637 46 32 569 425 .337 .462 .696 1.158 213 1749 16 32
1923 28 947 3829 3035 782 1051 231 76 238 768 63 53 739 518 .346 .477 .708 1.185 218 2148 20 35
1924 29 1100 4510 3564 925 1251 270 83 284 889 72 66 881 599 .351 .482 .712 1.195 218 2539 24 41
1925 30 1198 4936 3923 986 1355 282 85 309 955 74 70 940 667 .345 .475 .697 1.172 211 2734 26 47
1926 31 1350 5588 4418 1125 1539 312 90 356 1105 85 79 1084 743 .348 .479 .701 1.181 213 3099 29 57
1927 32 1501 6279 4958 1283 1731 341 98 416 1269 92 85 1221 832 .349 .480 .709 1.189 214 3516 29 71
1928 33 1655 6963 5494 1446 1904 370 106 470 1411 96 90 1358 919 .347 .479 .709 1.188 213 3896 32 79
1929 34 1790 7550 5993 1567 2076 396 112 516 1565 101 93 1430 979 .346 .475 .708 1.183 212 4244 35 92
1930 35 1935 8226 6511 1717 2262 424 121 565 1718 111 103 1566 1040 .347 .476 .710 1.186 212 4623 36 113
1931 36 2080 8889 7045 1866 2461 455 124 611 1881 116 107 1694 1091 .349 .478 .709 1.187 212 4997 37 113
1932 37 2213 9478 7502 1986 2617 468 129 652 2018 118 109 1824 1153 .349 .478 .706 1.185 212 5299 39 113
1933 38 2350 10053 7961 2083 2755 489 132 686 2121 122 114 1938 1243 .346 .476 .699 1.175 210 5566 41 113
1934 39 2475 10524 8326 2161 2860 506 136 708 2205 123 117 2042 1306 .344 .475 .692 1.167 207 5762 43 113
1935 40 2503 10616 8398 2174 2873 506 136 714 2217 123 117 2062 1330 .342 .474 .690 1.164 207 5793 2 43 113

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1914 19 5 10 10 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 5
1915 20 44 109 99 19 33 11 1 5 25 0 10 24 .333 .394 .616 1.011 24 42
1916 21 70 158 146 22 43 6 3 3 19 0 12 24 .295 .348 .438 .786 23 67
1917 22 54 147 133 18 47 7 4 2 15 0 14 19 .353 .415 .511 .926 28 52
1918 23 121 510 422 79 139 38 16 16 104 9 85 74 .329 .445 .609 1.054 114 95
1919 24 150 651 515 137 176 43 15 37 152 9 128 67 .342 .479 .699 1.178 170 130
1920 25 149 612 465 148 165 35 9 52 128 13 144 84 .355 .510 .804 1.314 188 142
1921 26 160 682 543 158 190 41 15 55 153 16 135 85 .350 .482 .785 1.267 204 152
1922 27 115 497 415 89 124 23 8 34 94 2 81 84 .299 .414 .639 1.053 110 110
1923 28 160 697 530 144 197 43 12 39 125 16 163 98 .372 .522 .719 1.241 199 152
1924 29 161 677 537 133 191 37 7 44 113 9 136 85 .356 .489 .696 1.185 181 153
1925 30 103 425 367 56 99 11 2 24 60 2 56 72 .270 .369 .507 .876 68 98
1926 31 160 662 513 140 186 30 5 48 151 11 146 80 .363 .506 .721 1.227 186 152
1927 32 158 690 554 153 190 29 8 59 159 7 136 93 .343 .472 .744 1.216 194 151
1928 33 162 700 558 164 176 30 8 55 143 4 139 92 .315 .454 .694 1.148 175 154
1929 34 143 596 520 120 174 26 6 47 153 5 73 64 .335 .419 .679 1.098 147 135
1930 35 153 651 523 134 174 26 8 46 137 9 127 64 .333 .464 .677 1.141 164 145
1931 36 152 670 544 141 194 30 3 45 154 5 125 53 .357 .478 .671 1.149 173 145
1932 37 140 596 468 112 151 13 5 40 128 2 126 65 .323 .468 .628 1.096 137 133
1933 38 146 600 482 97 140 21 3 34 103 4 116 96 .290 .430 .558 .988 116 137
1934 39 131 483 378 76 104 17 4 22 82 1 103 66 .275 .433 .516 .949 84 125
1935 40 29 98 76 14 14 0 0 6 12 0 22 25 .184 .367 .421 .788 12 28
22 Seasons 2666 10921 8798 2156 2907 517 142 713 2213 124 2077 1418 .330 .461 *.665* *1.125* 2698 2503
162 Game Avg. 162 664 535 131 177 31 9 43 134 8 126 86 .330 .461 .665 1.125 164 2503
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1920 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA (95.1%)
Selected to HOF in 1936 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1933 (RF)
1934 (RF)

Awards (yr lg award)
1923 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1923 AL (1, 100%)
1931 AL (5, 50%)
1932 AL (6, 32%)
1 MVP
1.82 Career Shares (110th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1918 AL  .300 (8th)
1919 AL  .322 (8th)
1920 AL  .376 (4th)
1921 AL  .378 (3rd)
1923 AL  .393 (2nd)
1924 AL  .378 (1st)
1926 AL  .372 (2nd)
1927 AL  .356 (7th)
1929 AL  .345 (8th)
1930 AL  .359 (3rd)
1931 AL  .373 (2nd)
1932 AL  .341 (5th)
Career  .342 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1918 AL  .411 (2nd)
1919 AL  .456 (1st)
1920 AL  .533 (1st)
1921 AL  .512 (1st)
1922 AL  .434 (4th)
1923 AL  .545 (1st)
1924 AL  .513 (1st)
1926 AL  .516 (1st)
1927 AL  .486 (1st)
1928 AL  .463 (2nd)
1929 AL  .430 (3rd)
1930 AL  .493 (1st)
1931 AL  .495 (1st)
1932 AL  .489 (1st)
1933 AL  .442 (4th)
1934 AL  .448 (4th)
Career  .474 (2nd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1918 AL  .555 (1st)
1919 AL  .657 (1st)
1920 AL  .849 (1st)
1921 AL  .846 (1st)
1922 AL  .672 (1st)
1923 AL  .764 (1st)
1924 AL  .739 (1st)
1926 AL  .737 (1st)
1927 AL  .772 (1st)
1928 AL  .709 (1st)
1929 AL  .697 (1st)
1930 AL  .732 (1st)
1931 AL  .700 (1st)
1932 AL  .661 (2nd)
1933 AL  .582 (3rd)
1934 AL  .537 (8th)
Career  .690 (1st)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1918 AL  .966 (1st)
1919 AL  1.114 (1st)
1920 AL  1.382 (1st)
1921 AL  1.359 (1st)
1922 AL  1.106 (1st)
1923 AL  1.309 (1st)
1924 AL  1.252 (1st)
1926 AL  1.253 (1st)
1927 AL  1.258 (1st)
1928 AL  1.172 (1st)
1929 AL  1.128 (1st)
1930 AL  1.225 (1st)
1931 AL  1.195 (1st)
1932 AL  1.150 (2nd)
1933 AL  1.023 (3rd)
1934 AL  .985 (5th)
Career  1.164 (1st)

Games Played s c a p y
1923 AL  152 (7th)
1924 AL  153 (6th)
1926 AL  152 (8th)
1927 AL  151 (5th)
1928 AL  154 (3rd)
Career  2503 (50th)

At Bats s c a p y
Career  8398 (102nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1921 AL  693 (7th)
1923 AL  699 (2nd)
1924 AL  681 (6th)
1927 AL  691 (3rd)
1928 AL  684 (5th)
1930 AL  676 (7th)
1931 AL  663 (10th)
Career  10616 (42nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1919 AL  103 (1st)
1920 AL  158 (1st)
1921 AL  177 (1st)
1923 AL  151 (1st)
1924 AL  143 (1st)
1926 AL  139 (1st)
1927 AL  158 (1st)
1928 AL  163 (1st)
1929 AL  121 (5th)
1930 AL  150 (2nd)
1931 AL  149 (2nd)
1932 AL  120 (6th)
Career  2174 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1921 AL  204 (6th)
1923 AL  205 (4th)
1924 AL  200 (4th)
1926 AL  184 (9th)
1927 AL  192 (6th)
1928 AL  173 (9th)
1931 AL  199 (4th)
Career  2873 (39th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1918 AL  176 (8th)
1919 AL  284 (1st)
1920 AL  388 (2nd)
1921 AL  457 (1st)
1922 AL  273 (9th)
1923 AL  399 (1st)
1924 AL  391 (1st)
1926 AL  365 (1st)
1927 AL  417 (2nd)
1928 AL  380 (1st)
1929 AL  348 (3rd)
1930 AL  379 (3rd)
1931 AL  374 (2nd)
1932 AL  302 (7th)
Career  5793 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1918 AL  26 (2nd)
1919 AL  34 (5th)
1921 AL  44 (2nd)
1923 AL  45 (3rd)
1924 AL  39 (6th)
Career  506 (45th)

Triples s c a p y
1918 AL  11 (5th)
1919 AL  12 (6th)
1921 AL  16 (4th)
1923 AL  13 (5th)
Career  136 (71st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1915 AL  4 (9th)
1918 AL  11 (1st)
1919 AL  29 (1st)
1920 AL  54 (1st)
1921 AL  59 (1st)
1922 AL  35 (3rd)
1923 AL  41 (1st)
1924 AL  46 (1st)
1925 AL  25 (2nd)
1926 AL  47 (1st)
1927 AL  60 (1st)
1928 AL  54 (1st)
1929 AL  46 (1st)
1930 AL  49 (1st)
1931 AL  46 (1st)
1932 AL  41 (2nd)
1933 AL  34 (2nd)
1934 AL  22 (8th)
Career  714 (3rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1918 AL  66 (3rd)
1919 AL  114 (1st)
1920 AL  137 (1st)
1921 AL  171 (1st)
1922 AL  99 (6th)
1923 AL  131 (1st)
1924 AL  121 (2nd)
1926 AL  150 (1st)
1927 AL  164 (2nd)
1928 AL  142 (1st)
1929 AL  154 (2nd)
1930 AL  153 (4th)
1931 AL  163 (2nd)
1932 AL  137 (4th)
1933 AL  103 (9th)
Career  2217 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1918 AL  58 (8th)
1919 AL  101 (2nd)
1920 AL  150 (1st)
1921 AL  145 (1st)
1922 AL  84 (2nd)
1923 AL  170 (1st)
1924 AL  142 (1st)
1926 AL  144 (1st)
1927 AL  137 (1st)
1928 AL  137 (1st)
1929 AL  72 (10th)
1930 AL  136 (1st)
1931 AL  128 (1st)
1932 AL  130 (1st)
1933 AL  114 (1st)
1934 AL  104 (3rd)
Career  2062 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1918 AL  58 (1st)
1919 AL  58 (2nd)
1920 AL  80 (2nd)
1921 AL  81 (2nd)
1922 AL  80 (2nd)
1923 AL  93 (1st)
1924 AL  81 (1st)
1925 AL  68 (2nd)
1926 AL  76 (2nd)
1927 AL  89 (1st)
1928 AL  87 (1st)
1929 AL  60 (4th)
1930 AL  61 (5th)
1932 AL  62 (9th)
1933 AL  90 (2nd)
1934 AL  63 (9th)
Career  1330 (93rd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1921 AL  17 (8th)
1923 AL  17 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
Career  1517 (186th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1918 AL  194 (1st)
1919 AL  219 (1st)
1920 AL  256 (1st)
1921 AL  239 (1st)
1922 AL  181 (1st)
1923 AL  239 (1st)
1924 AL  220 (1st)
1926 AL  227 (1st)
1927 AL  226 (1st)
1928 AL  208 (1st)
1929 AL  193 (1st)
1930 AL  211 (1st)
1931 AL  218 (1st)
1932 AL  201 (2nd)
1933 AL  176 (3rd)
1934 AL  161 (3rd)
Career  207 (1st)

Runs Created s c a p y
1918 AL  72 (7th)
1919 AL  128 (1st)
1920 AL  201 (1st)
1921 AL  229 (1st)
1922 AL  116 (5th)
1923 AL  209 (1st)
1924 AL  194 (1st)
1926 AL  185 (1st)
1927 AL  201 (2nd)
1928 AL  173 (1st)
1929 AL  148 (1st)
1930 AL  183 (2nd)
1931 AL  184 (1st)
1932 AL  147 (3rd)
1933 AL  116 (3rd)
Career  2719 (2nd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1918 AL  37 (2nd)
1919 AL  72 (1st)
1920 AL  114 (1st)
1921 AL  120 (1st)
1922 AL  50 (5th)
1923 AL  121 (1st)
1924 AL  104 (1st)
1926 AL  102 (1st)
1927 AL  105 (2nd)
1928 AL  89 (1st)
1929 AL  67 (1st)
1930 AL  95 (1st)
1931 AL  98 (1st)
1932 AL  76 (2nd)
1933 AL  55 (3rd)
1934 AL  39 (7th)
Career  1388 (1st)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1918 AL  4.1 (2nd)
1919 AL  7.3 (1st)
1920 AL  10.8 (1st)
1921 AL  10.9 (1st)
1922 AL  4.7 (5th)
1923 AL  11.3 (1st)
1924 AL  9.6 (1st)
1926 AL  9.6 (1st)
1927 AL  9.7 (2nd)
1928 AL  8.4 (1st)
1929 AL  6.2 (1st)
1930 AL  8.5 (1st)
1931 AL  9.0 (1st)
1932 AL  7.0 (2nd)
1933 AL  5.3 (3rd)
1934 AL  3.6 (7th)
Career  130.4 (1st)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1918 AL  48 (1st)
1919 AL  75 (1st)
1920 AL  99 (1st)
1921 AL  119 (1st)
1922 AL  67 (4th)
1923 AL  99 (1st)
1924 AL  92 (1st)
1926 AL  82 (2nd)
1927 AL  97 (2nd)
1928 AL  91 (1st)
1929 AL  78 (3rd)
1930 AL  86 (3rd)
1931 AL  80 (3rd)
1933 AL  58 (9th)
Career  1356 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1919 AL  246 (1st)
1920 AL  325 (1st)
1921 AL  353 (1st)
1923 AL  379 (1st)
1924 AL  346 (1st)
1926 AL  331 (1st)
1927 AL  329 (2nd)
1928 AL  313 (1st)
1930 AL  323 (2nd)
1931 AL  328 (1st)
1932 AL  288 (3rd)
1933 AL  254 (9th)
Career  4978 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1918 AL  .841 (2nd)
1919 AL  .873 (1st)
1920 AL  .922 (1st)
1921 AL  .905 (1st)
1922 AL  .819 (3rd)
1923 AL  .908 (1st)
1924 AL  .885 (1st)
1926 AL  .893 (1st)
1927 AL  .882 (1st)
1928 AL  .851 (1st)
1929 AL  .824 (1st)
1930 AL  .847 (1st)
1931 AL  .879 (1st)
1932 AL  .851 (2nd)
1933 AL  .782 (3rd)
1934 AL  .733 (7th)
Career  .858 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1919 AL  6 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1930 AL  21 (5th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1920 AL  14 (10th)
1921 AL  13 (6th)
1923 AL  21 (2nd)
1924 AL  13 (7th)
1930 AL  10 (7th)
Career  117 (61st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1918 AL  7.8 (2nd)
1919 AL  11.3 (3rd)
1920 AL  22.2 (2nd)
1921 AL  26.4 (1st)
1923 AL  24.0 (1st)
1924 AL  15.1 (3rd)
1926 AL  17.8 (1st)
1927 AL  12.5 (4th)
1930 AL  16.6 (5th)
Career  209.8 (71st)

AB per HR s c a p y
1918 AL  28.8 (1st)
1919 AL  14.9 (1st)
1920 AL  8.5 (1st)
1921 AL  9.2 (1st)
1922 AL  11.6 (1st)
1923 AL  12.7 (1st)
1924 AL  11.5 (1st)
1926 AL  10.5 (1st)
1927 AL  9.0 (1st)
1928 AL  9.9 (1st)
1929 AL  10.8 (1st)
1930 AL  10.6 (1st)
1931 AL  11.6 (1st)
1932 AL  11.1 (2nd)
1933 AL  13.5 (2nd)
1934 AL  16.6 (4th)
Career  11.8 (2nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
Career  5757 (170th)

Oldest s c a p y
1932 AL  born 1895-02-06 (8th)
1933 AL  born 1895-02-06 (9th)
1934 AL  born 1895-02-06 (10th)
1935 NL  born 1895-02-06 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1914 AL  born 1895-02-06 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 161 (1), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 340 (7), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 410 (4), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 79 (1), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Ted Williams (732) *
  3. Lou Gehrig (704) *
  4. Jimmie Foxx (697) *
  5. Willie Mays (690) *
  6. Hank Aaron (647) *
  7. Mel Ott (643) *
  8. Frank Robinson (640) *
  9. Ken Griffey (633)
  10. Manny Ramirez (607)
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  1. Will Clark (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mike Greenwell (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chuck Klein (901) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ted Williams (904) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ted Williams (904) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ted Williams (907) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ted Williams (896) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ted Williams (879) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ted Williams (890) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ted Williams (872) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ted Williams (805) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Manny Ramirez (790)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jimmie Foxx (814) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jimmie Foxx (817) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Jimmie Foxx (783) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Barry Bonds (754)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Barry Bonds (778)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Barry Bonds (780)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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