Hall of Fame Inductee
Retired
Babe Ruth
Nickname:
The BambinoBirthdate:
Feb. 6, 1895 (105 y, 3 m, 16 d)Born In:
Baltimore, MD, USANationality:
American
Position:
RFBats/Throws:
L/LHeight/Weight:
6'2"/215
Player Awards
| Award | Date | Team |
|---|---|---|
| MVP / Batter of the Year | 1923 | None (XFBL) |
| All-Star | 1934 | None (XFBL) |
| 1933 | None (XFBL) |
Hall of Fame Metrics
| Metric | Score | HoF Pos Avg |
HoF All Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Ink | 163 | 34.2 | 32.0 |
| Grey Ink | 400 | 218.6 | 176.6 |
| HoF Standard | 116 | 52.0 | 50.7 |
| WAR | 150.6 | 58.5 | 61.3 |
| WAR7 | 92.0 | 36.9 | 39.6 |
| JAWS | 121.3 | 47.7 | 50.5 |
Similar Players (RF)
| Player | Score |
|---|---|
| Ted Williams R | 746 |
| Lou Gehrig R | 727 |
| Mel Ott R | 709 |
| Jimmie Foxx R | 709 |
| Willie Mays R | 704 |
| Hank Aaron R | 688 |
| Frank Robinson R | 630 |
| Mickey Mantle R | 606 |
| Jose Canseco | 593 |
| Harmon Killebrew R | 589 |
Note: See Baseball Reference formula (primary position)
Leaderboard Appearances
| Year | GS | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 152 | 5 |
| 1926 | 149 | 10 |
| 1927 | 151 | 3 |
| 1928 | 154 | 3 |
| Year | PA | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 695 | 7 |
| 1923 | 701 | 2 |
| 1924 | 683 | 6 |
| 1927 | 693 | 3 |
| 1928 | 687 | 5 |
| 1930 | 680 | 7 |
| 1931 | 666 | 10 |
| Year | Hits | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 204 | 6 |
| 1923 | 205 | 4 |
| 1924 | 200 | 4 |
| 1926 | 184 | 9 |
| 1927 | 192 | 6 |
| 1928 | 173 | 9 |
| 1931 | 199 | 4 |
| Year | K | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 58 | 1 |
| 1919 | 58 | 2 |
| 1920 | 80 | 2 |
| 1921 | 81 | 2 |
| 1922 | 80 | 2 |
| 1923 | 93 | 1 |
| 1924 | 81 | 1 |
| 1925 | 68 | 2 |
| 1926 | 76 | 2 |
| 1927 | 89 | 1 |
| 1928 | 87 | 1 |
| 1929 | 60 | 4 |
| 1930 | 61 | 5 |
| 1932 | 62 | 9 |
| 1933 | 90 | 2 |
| 1934 | 63 | 9 |
| Year | TB | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 176 | 8 |
| 1919 | 284 | 1 |
| 1920 | 388 | 2 |
| 1921 | 457 | 1 |
| 1922 | 273 | 9 |
| 1923 | 399 | 1 |
| 1924 | 391 | 1 |
| 1926 | 365 | 1 |
| 1927 | 417 | 2 |
| 1928 | 380 | 1 |
| 1929 | 348 | 3 |
| 1930 | 379 | 3 |
| 1931 | 374 | 2 |
| 1932 | 302 | 7 |
| Year | 2B | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 26 | 2 |
| 1919 | 34 | 5 |
| 1921 | 44 | 2 |
| 1923 | 45 | 3 |
| 1924 | 39 | 6 |
| Year | 3B | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 11 | 5 |
| 1919 | 12 | 6 |
| 1921 | 16 | 4 |
| 1923 | 13 | 5 |
| Year | HR | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 4 | 9 |
| 1918 | 11 | 1 |
| 1919 | 29 | 1 |
| 1920 | 54 | 1 |
| 1921 | 59 | 1 |
| 1922 | 35 | 3 |
| 1923 | 41 | 1 |
| 1924 | 46 | 1 |
| 1925 | 25 | 2 |
| 1926 | 47 | 1 |
| 1927 | 60 | 1 |
| 1928 | 54 | 1 |
| 1929 | 46 | 1 |
| 1930 | 49 | 1 |
| 1931 | 46 | 1 |
| 1932 | 41 | 2 |
| 1933 | 34 | 2 |
| 1934 | 22 | 8 |
| Year | SB | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 17 | 8 |
| 1923 | 17 | 9 |
| Year | RBI | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 66 | 3 |
| 1919 | 114 | 1 |
| 1920 | 137 | 1 |
| 1921 | 171 | 1 |
| 1922 | 99 | 6 |
| 1923 | 131 | 1 |
| 1924 | 121 | 2 |
| 1926 | 150 | 1 |
| 1927 | 164 | 2 |
| 1928 | 142 | 1 |
| 1929 | 154 | 2 |
| 1930 | 153 | 4 |
| 1931 | 163 | 2 |
| 1932 | 137 | 4 |
| 1933 | 103 | 9 |
| Year | R | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 103 | 1 |
| 1920 | 158 | 1 |
| 1921 | 177 | 1 |
| 1923 | 151 | 1 |
| 1924 | 143 | 1 |
| 1926 | 139 | 1 |
| 1927 | 158 | 1 |
| 1928 | 163 | 1 |
| 1929 | 121 | 5 |
| 1930 | 150 | 2 |
| 1931 | 149 | 2 |
| 1932 | 120 | 6 |
| Year | BB | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 58 | 8 |
| 1919 | 101 | 2 |
| 1920 | 150 | 1 |
| 1921 | 145 | 1 |
| 1922 | 84 | 2 |
| 1923 | 170 | 1 |
| 1924 | 142 | 1 |
| 1926 | 144 | 1 |
| 1927 | 137 | 1 |
| 1928 | 137 | 1 |
| 1929 | 72 | 10 |
| 1930 | 136 | 1 |
| 1931 | 128 | 1 |
| 1932 | 130 | 1 |
| 1933 | 114 | 1 |
| 1934 | 104 | 3 |
| Year | IBB | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 1 | 7 |
| 1920 | 2 | 1 |
| 1922 | 2 | 1 |
| 1923 | 2 | 4 |
| 1927 | 3 | 1 |
| 1928 | 3 | 1 |
| 1929 | 3 | 1 |
| 1930 | 3 | 1 |
| Year | HBP | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 6 | 9 |
| Year | SH | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 21 | 5 |
| Year | SF | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 1 | 1 |
| 1926 | 2 | 10 |
| 1928 | 3 | 1 |
| 1930 | 4 | 6 |
| 1931 | 3 | 1 |
| Year | XBH | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 48 | 1 |
| 1919 | 75 | 1 |
| 1920 | 99 | 1 |
| 1921 | 119 | 1 |
| 1922 | 67 | 4 |
| 1923 | 99 | 1 |
| 1924 | 92 | 1 |
| 1926 | 82 | 2 |
| 1927 | 97 | 2 |
| 1928 | 91 | 1 |
| 1929 | 78 | 3 |
| 1930 | 86 | 3 |
| 1931 | 80 | 3 |
| 1933 | 58 | 9 |
| Year | Avg | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 0.322 | 6 |
| 1920 | 0.376 | 4 |
| 1921 | 0.378 | 3 |
| 1923 | 0.393 | 2 |
| 1924 | 0.378 | 1 |
| 1926 | 0.372 | 2 |
| 1927 | 0.356 | 6 |
| 1928 | 0.323 | 9 |
| 1929 | 0.345 | 6 |
| 1930 | 0.359 | 3 |
| 1931 | 0.373 | 2 |
| 1932 | 0.341 | 4 |
| Year | OBP | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 0.456 | 1 |
| 1920 | 0.532 | 1 |
| 1921 | 0.511 | 1 |
| 1923 | 0.543 | 1 |
| 1924 | 0.511 | 1 |
| 1926 | 0.514 | 1 |
| 1927 | 0.485 | 1 |
| 1928 | 0.461 | 2 |
| 1929 | 0.428 | 3 |
| 1930 | 0.490 | 1 |
| 1931 | 0.493 | 1 |
| 1932 | 0.487 | 1 |
| 1933 | 0.440 | 4 |
| Year | SLG | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 0.657 | 1 |
| 1920 | 0.849 | 1 |
| 1921 | 0.846 | 1 |
| 1923 | 0.764 | 1 |
| 1924 | 0.739 | 1 |
| 1926 | 0.737 | 1 |
| 1927 | 0.772 | 1 |
| 1928 | 0.709 | 1 |
| 1929 | 0.697 | 1 |
| 1930 | 0.732 | 1 |
| 1931 | 0.700 | 1 |
| 1932 | 0.661 | 2 |
| 1933 | 0.582 | 3 |
| Year | ISO | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 0.336 | 1 |
| 1920 | 0.473 | 1 |
| 1921 | 0.469 | 1 |
| 1923 | 0.372 | 1 |
| 1924 | 0.361 | 1 |
| 1926 | 0.366 | 1 |
| 1927 | 0.417 | 1 |
| 1928 | 0.386 | 1 |
| 1929 | 0.353 | 1 |
| 1930 | 0.373 | 1 |
| 1931 | 0.328 | 1 |
| 1932 | 0.320 | 2 |
| 1933 | 0.281 | 2 |
| Year | OPS | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 1.113 | 1 |
| 1920 | 1.381 | 1 |
| 1921 | 1.357 | 1 |
| 1923 | 1.307 | 1 |
| 1924 | 1.250 | 1 |
| 1926 | 1.251 | 1 |
| 1927 | 1.257 | 1 |
| 1928 | 1.170 | 1 |
| 1929 | 1.126 | 1 |
| 1930 | 1.222 | 1 |
| 1931 | 1.193 | 1 |
| 1932 | 1.147 | 2 |
| 1933 | 1.022 | 3 |
| Year | GS | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 41 | 1 |
| 1917 | 38 | 2 |
| Year | W | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 18 | 9 |
| 1916 | 23 | 3 |
| 1917 | 24 | 2 |
| Year | Win % | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 0.692 | 4 |
| 1916 | 0.657 | 4 |
| 1917 | 0.649 | 6 |
| 1918 | 0.650 | 2 |
| Year | SV | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 1 | 10 |
| Year | IP | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 323.2 | 3 |
| 1917 | 326.1 | 2 |
| Year | BF | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 1332 | 3 |
| 1917 | 1347 | 2 |
| Year | BB | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 118 | 3 |
| 1917 | 108 | 3 |
| Year | K | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 170 | 3 |
| 1917 | 128 | 5 |
| Year | WP | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 9 | 4 |
| 1919 | 5 | 6 |
| Year | ERA | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 1.752 | 1 |
| 1917 | 2.013 | 7 |
| 1918 | 2.218 | 9 |
| Year | BABIP | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 0.231 | 2 |
| 1916 | 0.223 | 3 |
| 1917 | 0.221 | 3 |
| 1918 | 0.212 | 2 |
| Year | WHIP | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 1.075 | 5 |
| 1917 | 1.079 | 6 |
| 1918 | 1.046 | 2 |
| Year | H/9 | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 6.864 | 2 |
| 1916 | 6.396 | 1 |
| 1917 | 6.729 | 3 |
| 1918 | 6.764 | 4 |
| Year | BB/9 | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 2.651 | 9 |
| Year | CG | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 23 | 4 |
| 1917 | 35 | 1 |
| 1918 | 18 | 9 |
| Year | SHO | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 9 | 1 |
| 1917 | 6 | 5 |
| Year | G | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 152 | 7 |
| 1924 | 153 | 6 |
| 1926 | 152 | 8 |
| 1927 | 151 | 5 |
| 1928 | 154 | 3 |
| Year | WAR | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 1919 | 7.1 | 1 |
| 1920 | 11.8 | 1 |
| 1921 | 11.8 | 1 |
| 1922 | 5.0 | 5 |
| 1923 | 11.6 | 1 |
| 1924 | 9.9 | 1 |
| 1926 | 9.9 | 1 |
| 1927 | 10.0 | 2 |
| 1928 | 8.5 | 1 |
| 1929 | 6.0 | 2 |
| 1930 | 8.2 | 1 |
| 1931 | 9.3 | 1 |
| 1932 | 7.3 | 2 |
| 1933 | 5.2 | 3 |
| 1934 | 3.3 | 8 |
| Year | BB (Low) | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 49 | 3 |
| Year | Hits | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 230 | 10 |
| 1917 | 244 | 7 |
| Year | Hits (Low) | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 166 | 2 |
| 1918 | 125 | 1 |
| Year | HR (Low) | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 0 | 1 |
| 1918 | 1 | 4 |
| Year | WAR | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 6.2 | 3 |
| 1917 | 4.8 | 5 |
| Year | L (Low) | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 8 | 3 |
| 1918 | 7 | 2 |
| Year | rWAR | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 10.6 | 1 |
| 1917 | 9.6 | 2 |
| 1918 | 4.2 | 10 |