Player

Babe Ruth HOF 1936

Player Info
Full Name
George Herman
Born
February 6, 1895
Baltimore, MD, USA
Died
August 16, 1948
Size
6'2" / 215 lbs
B/T
L / L
Debut
July 11, 1914
Final Game
May 30, 1935
Career
22 years
Teams
Honors
2 x All-Star
1934, 1933
1932 - Baseball Magazine All-Star (AL)
1931 - Sporting News All-Star (ML)
1931 - Baseball Magazine All-Star (ML)
1931 - Baseball Magazine All-Star (AL)
1930 - Sporting News All-Star (ML)
1930 - Baseball Magazine All-Star (ML)
1930 - Baseball Magazine All-Star (AL)
1929 - Sporting News All-Star (ML)
1929 - Baseball Magazine All-Star (ML)
1929 - Baseball Magazine All-Star (AL)
... and 23 more
Career Batting
2,503
G
.342
AVG
2,873
H
714
HR
2,217
RBI
1.162
OPS
213
OPS vs Lg
Qualified for career rate leaderboards · about these stats
Career Pitching
94-46
W-L
2.28
ERA
163
G
488
SO
4
SV
1.16
WHIP
Pitching Season by Season
Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP SO BB
1933 New York Yankees 1 0 5.00 1 1 0 9.0 0 3
1930 New York Yankees 1 0 3.00 1 1 0 9.0 3 2
1921 New York Yankees 2 0 9.00 2 1 0 9.0 2 9
1920 New York Yankees 1 0 4.50 1 1 0 4.0 0 2
1919 Boston Red Sox 9 5 2.97 17 15 1 133.1 30 58
1918 Boston Red Sox 13 7 2.22 20 19 0 166.1 40 49
1917 Boston Red Sox 24 13 2.01 41 38 2 326.0 128 108
1916 Boston Red Sox 23 12 1.75 44 41 1 323.2 170 118
1915 Boston Red Sox 18 8 2.44 32 28 0 217.1 112 85
1914 Boston Red Sox 2 1 3.91 4 3 0 23.0 3 7
Advanced Pitching About these stats
Year Lg IP K/9 BB/9 WHIP Qual
1933 AL 9.0 0.00 3.00 1.667
1930 AL 9.0 3.00 2.00 1.444
1921 AL 9.0 2.00 9.00 2.556
1920 AL 4.0 0.00 4.50 1.250
1919 AL 133.3 2.03 3.92 1.545
1918 AL 166.3 2.16 2.65 1.046 ✓
1917 AL 326.3 3.53 2.98 1.079 ✓
1916 AL 323.7 4.73 3.28 1.075 ✓
1915 AL 217.7 4.63 3.51 1.153 ✓
1914 AL 23.0 1.17 2.74 1.217
Batting Season by Season
Year Team G AB H 2B 3B HR R AVG
1935 Boston Braves 28 72 13 0 0 6 13 .181
1934 New York Yankees 125 365 105 17 4 22 78 .288
1933 New York Yankees 137 459 138 21 3 34 97 .301
1932 New York Yankees 133 457 156 13 5 41 120 .341
1931 New York Yankees 145 534 199 31 3 46 149 .373
1930 New York Yankees 145 518 186 28 9 49 150 .359
1929 New York Yankees 135 499 172 26 6 46 121 .345
1928 New York Yankees 154 536 173 29 8 54 163 .323
1927 New York Yankees 151 540 192 29 8 60 158 .356
1926 New York Yankees 152 495 184 30 5 47 139 .372
1925 New York Yankees 98 359 104 12 2 25 61 .290
1924 New York Yankees 153 529 200 39 7 46 143 .378
1923 New York Yankees 152 522 205 45 13 41 151 .393
1922 New York Yankees 110 406 128 24 8 35 94 .315
1921 New York Yankees 152 540 204 44 16 59 177 .378
1920 New York Yankees 142 457 172 36 9 54 158 .376
1919 Boston Red Sox 130 432 139 34 12 29 103 .322
1918 Boston Red Sox 95 317 95 26 11 11 50 .300
1917 Boston Red Sox 52 123 40 6 3 2 14 .325
1916 Boston Red Sox 67 136 37 5 3 3 18 .272
1915 Boston Red Sox 42 92 29 10 1 4 16 .315
1914 Boston Red Sox 5 10 2 1 0 0 1 .200
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1935 NL 92 .250 .167 21.7 26.1 118 6.4
1934 AL 471 .249 .296 22.1 13.4 163 23.1
1933 AL 575 .281 .310 19.8 15.7 179 36.2 ✓
1932 AL 589 .320 .325 22.1 10.5 205 42.6 ✓
1931 AL 663 .328 .350 19.3 7.7 221 48.1 ✓
1930 AL 676 .373 .336 20.1 9.0 215 51.5 ✓
1929 AL 587 .353 .321 12.3 10.2 195 48.4 ✓
1928 AL 684 .386 .301 20.0 12.7 213 56.8 ✓
1927 AL 691 .417 .338 19.8 12.9 232 62.7 ✓
1926 AL 652 .366 .368 22.1 11.7 235 49.1 ✓
1925 AL 426 .254 .297 13.8 16.0 143 26.0
1924 AL 681 .361 .383 20.9 11.9 229 48.7 ✓
1923 AL 699 .372 .423 24.3 13.3 252 43.7 ✓
1922 AL 495 .357 .320 17.0 16.2 194 36.8 ✓
1921 AL 693 .469 .363 20.9 11.7 251 62.5 ✓
1920 AL 615 .473 .365 24.4 13.0 273 56.8 ✓
1919 AL 542 .336 .319 18.6 10.7 220 34.0 ✓
1918 AL 380 .256 .339 15.3 15.3 200 14.1
1917 AL 142 .146 .369 8.5 12.7 169 2.1
1916 AL 150 .147 .309 6.7 15.3 130 3.1
1915 AL 103 .261 .385 8.7 22.3 193 4.2
1914 AL 10 .100 .333 0.0 40.0 55 0.0
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
OF 2,241 4,444 204 155 48 .968
P 163 95 354 15 21 .968
1B 32 248 11 9 17 .966
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1935 Boston Braves OF 26 39 1 2 0 .952
1934 New York Yankees OF 111 197 3 8 0 .962
1933 New York Yankees 1B 1 6 0 1 0 .857
1933 New York Yankees OF 132 215 9 7 4 .970
1933 New York Yankees P 1 1 1 0 0 1.000
1932 New York Yankees 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000
1932 New York Yankees OF 128 209 10 9 1 .961
1931 New York Yankees 1B 1 5 0 0 0 1.000
1931 New York Yankees OF 142 237 5 7 2 .972
1930 New York Yankees OF 144 266 10 10 0 .965
1930 New York Yankees P 1 0 4 0 2 1.000
1929 New York Yankees OF 133 240 5 4 2 .984
1928 New York Yankees OF 154 304 9 8 0 .975
1927 New York Yankees OF 151 328 14 13 4 .963
1926 New York Yankees 1B 2 10 0 0 2 1.000
1926 New York Yankees OF 149 308 11 7 5 .979
1925 New York Yankees OF 98 207 15 6 3 .974
1924 New York Yankees OF 152 340 18 14 4 .962
1923 New York Yankees 1B 4 41 1 1 2 .977
1923 New York Yankees OF 148 378 20 11 2 .973
1922 New York Yankees 1B 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1922 New York Yankees OF 110 226 14 9 3 .964
1921 New York Yankees 1B 2 8 0 0 0 1.000
1921 New York Yankees OF 152 348 17 13 6 .966
1921 New York Yankees P 2 1 2 0 0 1.000
1920 New York Yankees 1B 2 10 0 1 1 .909
1920 New York Yankees OF 141 259 21 19 3 .936
1920 New York Yankees P 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1919 Boston Red Sox 1B 5 35 4 1 4 .975
1919 Boston Red Sox OF 111 222 14 1 6 .996
1919 Boston Red Sox P 17 13 35 2 1 .960
1918 Boston Red Sox 1B 13 130 6 5 8 .965
1918 Boston Red Sox OF 59 121 8 7 3 .949
1918 Boston Red Sox P 20 19 58 6 5 .928
1917 Boston Red Sox P 41 19 101 2 4 .984
1916 Boston Red Sox P 44 24 83 3 6 .973
1915 Boston Red Sox P 32 17 63 2 3 .976
1914 Boston Red Sox P 4 0 7 0 0 1.000
Postseason Pitching
Year Round Team G W-L SV IP SO ERA
Career 3 3-0 0 31.0 8 0.87
1918 World Series Boston Red Sox 2 2-0 0 17.0 4 1.06
1916 World Series Boston Red Sox 1 1-0 0 14.0 4 0.64
Postseason Batting
Year Round Team G AB H HR RBI AVG
Career 41 129 42 15 33 .326
1932 World Series New York Yankees 4 15 5 2 6 .333
1928 World Series New York Yankees 4 16 10 3 4 .625
1927 World Series New York Yankees 4 15 6 2 7 .400
1926 World Series New York Yankees 7 20 6 4 5 .300
1923 World Series New York Yankees 6 19 7 3 3 .368
1922 World Series New York Yankees 5 17 2 0 1 .118
1921 World Series New York Yankees 6 16 5 1 4 .313
1918 World Series Boston Red Sox 3 5 1 0 2 .200
1916 World Series Boston Red Sox 1 5 0 0 1 .000
1915 World Series Boston Red Sox 1 1 0 0 0 .000