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, 4,204th 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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	32-36 / in Starts: 27-13
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	43 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 152 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	64 (31-23-10) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 152 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	90 (42-30-17)

Most Driven In
L Gardner	1
J Barry	1
H Janvrin	1
Self	1
P Thomas	0

Most Driven In By
H Janvrin	2
D Lewis	2
D Hoblitzell	1
Self	1
M McNally	1
T Walker	1
H Hooper	0

1916 Batting Game Log

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1916 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	48	1	Apr 12	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.58	-0.048	3.89	-0.07%	0.11	P
2	49	4 (2)	Apr 17	BOS		WSH	W,5-1	CG(8)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.167	.333	.500	9	.37	0.041	1.21	0.08%	-0.27	P
3	50	8 (3)	Apr 20	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.100	.100	.200	.300	9	.28	-0.026	.81	-0.05%	-1.25	P
4	51	9	Apr 21	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-3	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.091	.091	.182	.273	9	2.24	-0.047	7.15	-0.09%	-0.32	PH
5	52	10	Apr 22	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.083	.083	.167	.250	2	1.30	-0.027	4.05	-0.05%	-0.41	PH
6	53	12 (1)	Apr 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.067	.067	.133	.200	9	1.25	-0.037	4.08	-0.07%	-0.40	P
7	54	13	Apr 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.063	.063	.125	.188	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.32	PH
8	55	15 (1)	Apr 29	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.059	.059	.118	.176	9						PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	56	16	May 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		1	0	0				0		.100	.100	.150	.250	9						P
10	57	19 (2)	May 5	BOS		NYY	L,4-8	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.087	.087	.130	.217	9	.55	-0.036	1.66	-0.07%	-0.88	P
11	58	23 (3)	May 10	BOS		CLE	L,2-6	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.080	.115	.120	.235	9	1.65	-0.014	4.38	-0.02%	0.12	P
12	59	28 (4)	May 19	BOS		SLB	L,1-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.077	.111	.115	.226	8						PH
13	60	29	May 20	BOS		SLB	W,3-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.071	.103	.107	.211	9	1.27	-0.061	1.97	-0.06%	-0.59	P
14	61	31 (1)	May 24	BOS		DET	W,4-0	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.129	.156	.194	.350	9	.98	0.109	1.88	0.13%	1.04	P
15	62	35 (3)	May 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.171	.194	.229	.423	9	.77	-0.004	1.56	-0.01%	0.28	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	63	40 (4)	Jun 1	BOS		WSH	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0		.162	.205	.216	.421	9	1.34	-0.015	3.86	-0.03%	-0.03	P
17	64	43 (2)	Jun 5	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1		1	0	0				0		.200	.256	.250	.506	9						P
18	65	45 (1)	Jun 9	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-9	4	3	2	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.256	.319	.372	.691	9	1.46	0.335	3.57	0.49%	2.46	P
19	66	46	Jun 10	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.256	.319	.372	.691	9						PH
20	67	47	Jun 12	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	0-0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	0		0	0	0				0		.273	.333	.455	.788	7						PH
21	68	48	Jun 13	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	GS-0	3	2	1	2	0	0	1	1	0		0	1	0				0		.304	.373	.543	.916	9						P
22	69	49	Jun 14	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-8	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.298	.365	.532	.897	7						PH
23	70	51 (1)	Jun 16	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.292	.358	.521	.879	8						PH
24	71	52	Jun 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.294	.357	.510	.867	9	1.02	0.036	2.03	0.04%	0.27	P
25	72	54 (1)	Jun 20	BOS		NYY	L,1-4	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.294	.368	.510	.878	8	.52	0.026	1.17	0.04%	0.23	PH
26	73	56 (1)	Jun 22	BOS		NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.296	.367	.500	.867	9	.78	-0.033	1.81	-0.05%	-0.22	P
27	74	58 (1)	Jun 24 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.291	.361	.491	.852	9	5.17	-0.135	12.73	-0.20%	-0.44	PH
28	75	60 (1)	Jun 26	BOS		PHA	L,5-8	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.304	.371	.500	.871	9						PH
29	76	61	Jun 27	BOS		PHA	W,7-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.310	.375	.500	.875	9						P
30	77	62	Jun 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.305	.369	.492	.861	9						PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	78	65 (2)	Jul 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-4	GS-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.305	.369	.492	.861	9						P
32	79	70 (4)	Jul 7	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.295	.358	.475	.834	9						P
33	80	71	Jul 8	BOS		CLE	L,1-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.290	.353	.468	.821	7	.95	-0.028	3.61	-0.06%	-0.55	PH
34	81	74 (2)	Jul 11 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.290	.353	.468	.821	9						P
35	82	75	Jul 11 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.292	.352	.462	.814	9	.67	-0.024	1.87	-0.04%	-0.29	P
36	83	80 (4)	Jul 15 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,17-4	GS-0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.290	.347	.449	.796	9						P
37	84	82 (1)	Jul 18	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	3	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.292	.346	.472	.818	9						P
38	85	85 (2)	Jul 20	BOS		DET	L,2-3	0-GF(13)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.284	.338	.459	.797	9						P
39	86	88 (2)	Jul 25	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-0	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.295	.345	.462	.807	9						P
40	87	92 (3)	Jul 29 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,8-10	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.295	.345	.462	.807	9						P
41	88	93	Jul 29 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,3-7	0-0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.304	.353	.494	.847	2						PH
42	89	95 (1)	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.313	.360	.494	.854	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	90	96	Aug 1	BOS	@	DET	W,6-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.310	.356	.488	.844	9						PH
44	91	99 (2)	Aug 4	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-6	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.306	.352	.482	.834	9						P
45	92	101 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.302	.348	.477	.825	2						PH
46	93	107 (5)	Aug 12	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.295	.340	.466	.806	9	1.31	-0.064	9.65	-0.28%	-0.45	P
47	94	109 (1)	Aug 15	BOS		WSH	W,1-0	CG(13)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.283	.333	.446	.779	9						P
48	95	110	Aug 16 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.280	.330	.441	.771	3	4.22	-0.101	41.46	-0.60%	-0.39	PH
49	96	113 (2)	Aug 18	BOS		CHW	L,6-11	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.277	.327	.436	.763	9	3.13	-0.082	31.97	-0.50%	-0.44	PH
50	97	114	Aug 19	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.271	.320	.427	.747	9	1.95	-0.150	19.23	-0.89%	-0.95	P
51	98	117 (2)	Aug 23	BOS		CLE	W,7-3	0-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.278	.327	.443	.770	9						P
52	99	118	Aug 24	BOS		DET	W,3-0	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.283	.336	.444	.781	9						P
53	100	119	Aug 25	BOS		DET	L,1-2	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.280	.333	.440	.773	9						PH
54	101	120	Aug 26	BOS		DET	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.287	.339	.455	.795	3	.97	0.068	9.34	0.40%	0.66	PH
55	102	121	Aug 29 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,3-5	1-6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.284	.342	.451	.793	9	2.02	-0.016	20.02	-0.10%	-0.35	P
56	103	122	Aug 29 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,2-8	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.282	.339	.447	.786	9						PH
57	104	124 (1)	Aug 31	BOS		SLB	L,1-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.290	.345	.458	.803	9	1.32	0.020	14.83	0.14%	0.22	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
58	105	127 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.279	.333	.441	.775	9	.32	-0.031	3.16	-0.18%	-0.60	P
59	106	128	Sep 4 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.277	.331	.438	.768	8	1.87	-0.053	18.35	-0.31%	-0.55	PH
60	107	129	Sep 5 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-5	0-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.278	.331	.435	.765	9						P
61	108	134 (4)	Sep 9 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.280	.331	.432	.763	9						P
62	109	137 (2)	Sep 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.273	.323	.421	.745	9						P
63	110	141 (3)	Sep 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.264	.313	.408	.721	9	1.05	0.080	14.21	0.65%	0.26	P
64	111	145 (3)	Sep 21	BOS	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	5	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.271	.324	.426	.750	9	.26	0.052	5.12	0.60%	0.61	P
65	112	148 (2)	Sep 24	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.269	.321	.423	.745	9						PH
66	113	149	Sep 25	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.278	.329	.429	.757	9						P
67	114	152 (2)	Sep 29	BOS		NYY	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.272	.322	.419	.741	9	.79	-0.016	3.35	-0.04%	-0.54	P
68	115	156 (3)	Oct 3 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,5-7	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.268	.318	.413	.731	9						P
							32-36		152	138	18	37	5	3	3	16	9	0	23	1	3		0		0		.268	.318	.413	.731		1.10	-0.281	6.13	-1.20%	-3.99

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