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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 (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 *O/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 *O/31
1922 27 NYY AL 110 495 406 94 128 24 8 35 99 2 5 84 80 .315 .434 .672 1.106 182 273 1 4 *O/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 *O/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 *O
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 O
1926 31 NYY AL 152 652 495 139 184 30 5 47 150 11 9 144 76 .372 .516 .737 1.253 225 365 3 10 *O/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 *O
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 *O
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 *O
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 *O/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 *O/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 *O/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 *O/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 *O 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 O
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

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

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1914 19 BOS AL 2 1 .667 3.91 4 3 0 1 0 0 23.0 21 12 10 1 7 3 0 0 0 100 68 1.217 8.2 0.4 2.7 1.2 0.43
1915 20 BOS AL 18 8 .692 2.44 32 28 3 16 1 0 217.2 166 80 59 3 85 112 6 1 9 895 114 1.153 6.9 0.1 3.5 4.6 1.32
1916 21 BOS AL 23 12 .657 1.75 44 41 3 23 9 1 323.2 230 83 63 0 118 170 8 1 3 1300 158 1.075 6.4 0.0 3.3 4.7 1.44
1917 22 BOS AL 24 13 .649 2.01 41 38 2 35 6 2 326.1 244 91 73 2 108 128 11 0 5 1313 128 1.079 6.7 0.1 3.0 3.5 1.19
1918 23 BOS AL 13 7 .650 2.22 20 19 0 18 1 0 166.1 125 51 41 1 49 40 2 1 3 660 121 1.046 6.8 0.1 2.7 2.2 0.82
1919 24 BOS AL 9 5 .643 2.97 17 15 2 12 0 1 133.1 148 59 44 2 58 30 2 1 5 591 102 1.545 10.0 0.1 3.9 2.0 0.52
1920 25 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 17 85 1.250 6.8 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
1921 26 NYY AL 2 0 1.000 9.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 14 10 9 1 9 2 0 0 0 49 47 2.556 14.0 1.0 9.0 2.0 0.22
1930 35 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 11 3 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 39 144 1.444 11.0 0.0 2.0 3.0 1.50
1933 38 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 5.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 12 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 42 78 1.667 12.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.00 AS
10 Seasons 94 46 .671 2.28 163 148 11 107 17 4 1221.1 974 398 309 10 441 488 29 4 25 5006 122 1.159 7.2 0.1 3.2 3.6 1.11
162 Game Avg. 21 10 .671 2.28 36 32 2 23 4 1 267 213 87 68 2 96 107 6 1 5 1095 122 1.159 7.2 0.1 3.2 3.6 1.11
BOS (6 yrs) 89 46 .659 2.19 158 144 10 105 17 4 1190.1 934 376 290 9 425 483 29 4 25 4859 125 1.142 7.1 0.1 3.2 3.7 1.14
NYY (4 yrs) 5 0 1.000 5.52 5 4 1 2 0 0 31.0 40 22 19 1 16 5 0 0 0 147 75 1.806 11.6 0.3 4.6 1.5 0.31

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1916 21 BOS AL WS W BRO 1 0 1.000 0.64 1 1 0 1 0 0 14.0 6 1 1 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 48 0.643 3.9 0.6 1.9 2.6 1.33
1918 23 BOS AL WS W CHC 2 0 1.000 1.06 2 2 0 1 1 0 17.0 13 2 2 0 7 0 4 1 0 1 68 1.176 6.9 0.0 3.7 2.1 0.57
2 Seasons (2 Series) 3 0 1.000 0.87 3 3 0 2 1 0 31.0 19 3 3 1 10 0 8 1 0 1 116 0.935 5.5 0.3 2.9 2.3 0.80
2 WS 3 0 1.000 0.87 3 3 0 2 1 0 31.0 19 3 3 1 10 0 8 1 0 1 116 0.935 5.5 0.3 2.9 2.3 0.80

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1914 BOS AL 19 P 4 7 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.75 .929 1.75
1915 BOS AL 20 P 32 82 17 63 2 3 .976 2.50 .934 1.80
1916 BOS AL 21 P 44 110 24 83 3 6 .973 2.43 .944 1.69
1917 BOS AL 22 P 41 122 19 101 2 4 .984 2.93 .945 1.83
1918 BOS AL 23 OF 59 136 121 8 7 3 .949 2.19 .962 2.17 47-12-0
1918 BOS AL 23 P 20 83 19 58 6 5 .928 3.85 .953 1.85
1918 BOS AL 23 1B 13 141 130 6 5 8 .965 10.46 .987 10.89
1919 BOS AL 24 OF 111 237 222 14 1 6 .996 2.13 .957 2.16 111-0-0
1919 BOS AL 24 P 17 50 13 35 2 1 .960 2.82 .948 1.76
1919 BOS AL 24 1B 5 40 35 4 1 4 .975 7.80 .988 10.44
1920 NYY AL 25 OF 141 299 259 21 19 3 .936 1.99 .963 2.16 36-20-85
1920 NYY AL 25 1B 2 11 10 0 1 1 .909 5.00 .991 10.40
1920 NYY AL 25 P 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 1.70
1921 NYY AL 26 OF 152 378 348 17 13 6 .966 2.40 .960 2.21 134-18-0
1921 NYY AL 26 1B 2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .988 10.15
1921 NYY AL 26 P 2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 .967 1.55
1922 NYY AL 27 OF 110 249 226 14 9 3 .964 2.18 .964 2.22 71-0-40
1922 NYY AL 27 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.60
1923 NYY AL 28 OF 148 409 378 20 11 2 .973 2.69 .965 2.26 68-7-73 MVP-1
1923 NYY AL 28 1B 4 43 41 1 1 2 .977 10.50 .991 10.22 MVP-1
1924 NYY AL 29 OF 152 372 340 18 14 4 .962 2.36 .970 2.27 50-7-99
1925 NYY AL 30 OF 98 228 207 15 6 3 .974 2.27 .964 2.27 33-0-66
1926 NYY AL 31 OF 149 326 308 11 7 5 .979 2.14 .966 2.23 82-0-68
1926 NYY AL 31 1B 2 10 10 0 0 2 1.000 5.00 .990 10.30
1927 NYY AL 32 OF 151 355 328 14 13 4 .963 2.26 .964 2.22 56-0-95
1928 NYY AL 33 OF 154 321 304 9 8 0 .975 2.03 .973 2.22 55-0-99
1929 NYY AL 34 OF 133 249 240 5 4 2 .984 1.84 .965 2.28 55-0-78
1930 NYY AL 35 OF 144 286 266 10 10 0 .965 1.92 .965 2.16 53-0-91
1930 NYY AL 35 P 1 4 0 4 0 2 1.000 4.00 .950 1.20
1931 NYY AL 36 OF 142 249 237 5 7 2 .972 1.70 .969 2.25 51-0-91 MVP-5
1931 NYY AL 36 1B 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 1.000 9.70 MVP-5
1932 NYY AL 37 OF 128 228 209 10 9 1 .961 1.71 .967 2.28 44-0-87 MVP-6
1932 NYY AL 37 1B 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1.000 9.80 MVP-6
1933 NYY AL 38 OF 132 231 215 9 7 4 .970 1.70 .970 2.21 55-0-78 AS
1933 NYY AL 38 1B 1 7 6 0 1 0 .857 6.00 .986 9.90 AS
1933 NYY AL 38 P 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 1.20 AS
1934 NYY AL 39 OF 111 208 197 3 8 0 .962 1.80 .968 2.16 34-0-77 AS
1935 BSN NL 40 OF 26 42 39 1 2 0 .952 1.54 .971 2.31 22-0-4
18 Seasons OF 2241 4803 4444 204 155 48 .968 2.07 .966 2.22 1057-64-1131
10 Seasons P 163 464 95 354 15 21 .968 2.75 .944 1.77
10 Seasons 1B 32 268 248 11 9 17 .966 8.09 .988 10.51
22 Seasons TOT 2436 5535 4787 569 179 86 .968 2.20 .933 2.30 1057-64-1131
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (109th)

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--182--1st
1923 AL--239--1st
1924 AL--220--1st
1926 AL--225--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--101--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--4.8--5th
1923 AL--11.3--1st
1924 AL--9.6--1st
1926 AL--9.5--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--130.2--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--.872--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--28.818--1st
1919 AL--14.897--1st
1920 AL--8.463--1st
1921 AL--9.153--1st
1922 AL--11.600--1st
1923 AL--12.732--1st
1924 AL--11.500--1st
1926 AL--10.532--1st
1927 AL--9.000--1st
1928 AL--9.926--1st
1929 AL--10.848--1st
1930 AL--10.571--1st
1931 AL--11.609--1st
1932 AL--11.146--2nd
1933 AL--13.500--2nd
1934 AL--16.591--4th
Career--11.762--2nd

Outs Made s c a p y
Career--5757--170th

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1916 AL--1.752--1st
1917 AL--2.013--7th
1918 AL--2.218--9th
Career--2.277--16th

Wins s c a p y
1915 AL--18--9th
1916 AL--23--3rd
1917 AL--24--2nd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1915 AL--.692--4th
1916 AL--.657--4th
1917 AL--.649--6th
1918 AL--.650--2nd
1919 AL--.643--10th
Career--.671--10th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1916 AL--1.075--5th
1917 AL--1.079--6th
1918 AL--1.046--2nd
Career--1.159--72nd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1915 AL--6.864--2nd
1916 AL--6.396--1st
1917 AL--6.729--3rd
1918 AL--6.763--4th
Career--7.177--14th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1915 AL--4.631--8th
1916 AL--4.727--8th

Saves s c a p y
1919 AL--1--10th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1916 AL--323.7--3rd
1917 AL--326.3--2nd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1916 AL--170--3rd
1917 AL--128--5th

Games Started s c a p y
1916 AL--41--1st
1917 AL--38--2nd

Complete Games s c a p y
1916 AL--23--4th
1917 AL--35--1st
1918 AL--18--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1916 AL--9--1st
1917 AL--6--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1916 AL--118--3rd
1917 AL--108--3rd

Hits s c a p y
1916 AL--230--10th
1917 AL--244--7th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1916 AL--1.441--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1916 AL--0.00--1st
Career--.074--13th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1917 AL--73--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1915 AL--9--4th
1919 AL--5--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1916 AL--8--7th
1917 AL--11--6th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1916 AL--1300--3rd
1917 AL--1313--1st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1916 AL--158--1st
1917 AL--128--7th
1918 AL--121--10th
Career--122--96th

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
Pitching - 10 (233), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkBatting - 340 (7), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 74 (342), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 422 (3), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Pitching - 42 (314), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 79 (1), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 34 (104), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Carl Lundgren (952)
  2. Jake Weimer (938)
  3. Harry Coveleski (935)
  4. Jay Hughes (918)
  5. Vean Gregg (917)
  6. Ray Collins (916)
  7. Reb Russell (915)
  8. Jack Pfiester (910)
  9. Joe Wood (910)
  10. Ed Killian (910)
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  1. Noodles Hahn (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bob Caruthers (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ed Morris (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Wood (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe Wood (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Lefty Leifield (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Lefty Leifield (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jake Weimer (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Vean Gregg (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  1. Barry Bonds (738)
  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 (624)
  10. Manny Ramirez (573)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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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

Transactions

July 9, 1914: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from Baltimore (International) for more than $25000. more than $25000

January 3, 1920: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Boston Red Sox for $100,000.

February 26, 1935: Released by the New York Yankees.

February 26, 1935: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves.

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