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	29-22 / in Starts: 25-13
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 142 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	43 (21-15-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 142 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	86 (41-29-15)

Most Driven In
L Gardner	1
E Scott	1
D Lewis	0
P Thomas	0
T Walker	0

Most Driven In By
D Lewis	1
J Walsh	1
D Hoblitzell	0

1917 Batting Game Log

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1917 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	116	1	Apr 11	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
2	117	4 (2)	Apr 16	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.51	-0.050	1.35	-0.08%	-0.64	P
3	118	8 (3)	Apr 21	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	3	3	1	3	2	1	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.455	.455	.818	1.273	9						P
4	119	11 (2)	Apr 25	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.467	.467	.733	1.200	9						P
5	120	13 (1)	Apr 30	BOS		PHA	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.474	.474	.684	1.158	9						P
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
6	121	15 (1)	May 7	BOS	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	1				0		.429	.429	.619	1.048	9						P
7	122	19 (3)	May 11	BOS	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.440	.440	.640	1.080	9						P
8	123	22 (2)	May 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.423	.423	.615	1.038	7	.69	-0.017	3.27	-0.05%	-0.40	PH
9	124	23	May 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.414	.414	.586	1.000	9	.25	-0.012	1.18	-0.03%	-0.18	P
10	125	26 (2)	May 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-8	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.400	.400	.567	.967	9						P
11	126	30 (3)	May 24	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	2				0		.419	.438	.645	1.083	9						P
12	127	35 (4)	May 29 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.400	.417	.600	1.017	9						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
13	128	39 (3)	Jun 1	BOS		CLE	L,0-3	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.405	.436	.595	1.030	9	.42	0.027	2.11	0.08%	0.26	P
14	129	43 (3)	Jun 6	BOS		DET	L,0-3	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.410	.452	.590	1.042	9						P
15	130	45 (1)	Jun 9	BOS		DET	L,0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.410	.465	.590	1.055	8						PH
16	131	46	Jun 13 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.415	.478	.610	1.088	9	1.28	0.118	5.74	0.32%	1.20	P
17	132	48 (1)	Jun 14	BOS		SLB	L,0-3	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.429	.489	.619	1.108	9						PH
18	133	50 (1)	Jun 16	BOS		CHW	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.413	.471	.587	1.058	9	.87	-0.023	5.47	-0.09%	-0.24	P
19	134	52 (1)	Jun 18 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.404	.462	.574	1.036	7	.51	-0.012	3.30	-0.05%	-0.13	PH
20	135	54 (1)	Jun 20 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.380	.436	.540	.976	9						P
21	136	57 (2)	Jun 23 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-0	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.380	.436	.540	.976	9						P
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
22	137	68 (10)	Jul 3 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.358	.414	.509	.923	9	.66	-0.047	3.29	-0.14%	-0.40	P
23	138	74 (5)	Jul 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.357	.410	.500	.910	9	.96	0.027	5.03	0.08%	0.19	P
24	139	77 (2)	Jul 11	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.373	.431	.542	.973	9	1.08	0.118	5.96	0.39%	0.65	P
25	140	81 (3)	Jul 15 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.397	.449	.556	1.005	9						P
26	141	83 (1)	Jul 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.391	.443	.547	.990	7						PH
27	142	86 (2)	Jul 19	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.368	.419	.515	.934	9	.53	-0.063	5.10	-0.36%	-1.28	P
28	143	88 (1)	Jul 21	BOS	@	CHW	T,5-5	0-GF(15)	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.357	.408	.500	.908	9						P
29	144	92 (3)	Jul 26 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,11-2	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.370	.418	.507	.925	9	.42	0.010	1.85	0.03%	-0.01	P
30	145	96 (3)	Jul 30	BOS		CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0		.360	.407	.493	.901	9	.55	-0.013	5.88	-0.09%	-0.13	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
31	146	100 (3)	Aug 3	BOS		CLE	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.346	.393	.474	.867	9	1.80	-0.123	10.41	-0.43%	-0.76	P
32	147	105 (4)	Aug 10 (1)	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	1		0	0	0				0		.346	.398	.506	.904	9						P
33	148	108 (2)	Aug 11 (2)	BOS		DET	L,0-5	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.346	.404	.506	.911	7						PH
34	149	110 (1)	Aug 14	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.353	.409	.506	.914	9	1.59	0.054	10.16	0.21%	0.52	P
35	150	114 (3)	Aug 18 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0		0		.352	.412	.500	.912	9	.25	0.007	1.65	0.03%	0.46	P
36	151	115	Aug 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.348	.408	.494	.903	7	.31	-0.008	2.06	-0.03%	-0.42	PH
37	152	116	Aug 20 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.344	.404	.489	.893	2	.02	-0.001	.26	0.00%	-0.20	PH
38	153	117	Aug 20 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	0-GF(8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.344	.404	.489	.893	9						P
39	154	118	Aug 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.392	.473	.865	9	.92	-0.066	12.40	-0.54%	-0.48	P
40	155	121 (2)	Aug 25	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-2	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.333	.392	.473	.865	9						P
41	156	123 (1)	Aug 27	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.330	.387	.474	.861	9						P
42	157	125 (1)	Aug 31 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.327	.382	.465	.847	9	.93	0.132	4.96	0.42%	0.74	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
43	158	130 (4)	Sep 4 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.327	.381	.462	.842	9	.75	-0.022	2.37	-0.04%	-0.24	P
44	159	135 (4)	Sep 10 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.321	.374	.453	.827	9	2.11	-0.135	4.99	-0.19%	-0.79	P
45	160	141 (5)	Sep 15	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0		0	0	0				0		.327	.378	.482	.860	9						P
46	161	143 (1)	Sep 19 (1)	BOS		DET	L,2-5	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.327	.383	.482	.865	9						PH
47	162	145 (1)	Sep 20	BOS		DET	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.319	.374	.469	.843	9						P
48	163	146	Sep 21	BOS		CHW	L,1-2	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.316	.371	.465	.836	7	7.73	-0.435	.15	-0.01%	-1.09	PH
49	164	148 (1)	Sep 24	BOS		CHW	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.308	.362	.453	.815	9	.60	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.80	P
50	165	149	Sep 25	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	13-GF(13)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.308	.367	.453	.820	8	7.05	0.208	.00	0.00%	0.65	PH
51	166	153 (3)	Sep 29 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,11-0	CG	4	3	3	3	1	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.325	.386	.475	.861	9						P
52	167	156 (2)	Oct 3	BOS		WSH	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.325	.385	.472	.857	9						P
							29-22		142	123	14	40	6	3	2	14	12	0	19	0	7		3		0		.325	.385	.472	.857		1.01	-0.371	4.48	-0.56%	-3.53

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