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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

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

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	GS	31	8.1	2	0	1	3	0	P
2	4 (2)	Apr 17	BOS		WSH	W,5-1	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	P
3	8 (3)	Apr 20	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
4	12 (3)	Apr 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	16 (3)	May 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS	0	7.1	0	0	0	0	0
6	19 (2)	May 5	BOS		NYY	L,4-8	GS	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
7	23 (3)	May 10	BOS		CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	29 (5)	May 20	BOS		SLB	W,3-1	GS	23	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
9	31 (1)	May 24	BOS		DET	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	P
10	35 (3)	May 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	40 (4)	Jun 1	BOS		WSH	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
12	43 (2)	Jun 5	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	45 (1)	Jun 9	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	48 (2)	Jun 13	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	GS	0	5.1	0	2	0	2	0
15	52 (3)	Jun 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
16	56 (3)	Jun 22	BOS		NYY	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	P
17	61 (4)	Jun 27	BOS		PHA	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	65 (3)	Jul 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-4	GS	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
19	70 (4)	Jul 7	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	GS	0	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
20	74 (3)	Jul 11 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	GS	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	75	Jul 11 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
22	80 (4)	Jul 15 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,17-4	GS	0	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	82 (1)	Jul 18	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	85 (2)	Jul 20	BOS		DET	L,2-3	GF	0	5.0	1	1	1	3	0
25	88 (2)	Jul 25	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	0	7.1	3	3	0	6	0
26	92 (3)	Jul 29 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,8-10	GS	0	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
27	95 (2)	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	99 (3)	Aug 4	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-6	GS	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	107 (7)	Aug 12	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	GS	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
30	109 (1)	Aug 15	BOS		WSH	W,1-0	CG	0	13.0	1	4	0	5	0
31	114 (4)	Aug 19	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	GS	21	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
32	117 (2)	Aug 23	BOS		CLE	W,7-3	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	118	Aug 24	BOS		DET	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
34	121 (2)	Aug 29 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,3-5		18	5.0	1	1	1	3	1	P
35	124 (2)	Aug 31	BOS		SLB	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	127 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
37	129 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-5	GF	0	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	134 (4)	Sep 9 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
39	137 (2)	Sep 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS	0	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
40	141 (3)	Sep 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
41	145 (3)	Sep 21	BOS	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
42	149 (3)	Sep 25	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
43	152 (2)	Sep 29	BOS		NYY	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	P
44	156 (3)	Oct 3 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,5-7	GS	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
							44gm		324.0	24	83	3	110	6