Babe Ruth

1914–1935 · Bats L · Throws L · 6'2", 215 lb · b. 1895 Baltimore, MD

Career 2,503 G · 2,873 H · 714 HR · 2,217 RBI · .342 AVG · 94–46 · 2.28 ERA · 488 SO · 1221.1 IP

Seasons leading his league

64 best in baseball 17 league only

138 Top-5 finishes

17 Title seasons

12 Categories led

1921 Best season

Spanning 1916–1933, peaking at 8 titles in 1921.

Led in Slugging Percentage for 6 straight seasons (1919–1924) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

1st League titles 81
1st Best in baseball 64
2nd Top-5 finishes 138

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

1st On-Base Plus Slug. 1.164
1st Slugging Percentage .690
2nd On-Base Percentage .474
3rd Home Runs 714
3rd Runs Batted In 2,217
3rd Walks 2,062
4th Runs 2,174
8th Total Bases 5,793
13th Batting Average .342
16th Earned Run Average 2.28
46th Hits 2,873
60th Doubles 506
71st Triples 136
88th Walks + Hits / IP 1.16
316th Shutouts 17
366th Complete Games 107

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Slugging Percentage	12	1st	6 yrs (1919–1924)	1919 .657 1920 .849 1921 .846 1923 .764 1927 .772 1930 .732 1931 .700 1922 AL .672 1924 AL .739 1926 AL .737 1928 AL .709 1929 AL .697 1932 #2 1933 #3
On-Base Plus Slug.	12	1st	6 yrs (1919–1924)	1919 1.114 1920 1.382 1921 1.359 1923 1.309 1927 1.258 1930 1.225 1931 1.195 1922 AL 1.106 1924 AL 1.252 1926 AL 1.253 1928 AL 1.172 1929 AL 1.128 1932 #2 1933 #3
Home Runs	12	1st	6 yrs (1926–1931)	1918 11 1919 29 1920 54 1921 59 1923 41 1924 46 1926 47 1927 60 1928 54 1929 46 1931 46 1930 AL 49 1922 #3 1925 #2 1932 #2 1933 #2
Walks	11	1st	4 yrs (1930–1933)	1920 150 1921 145 1923 170 1924 142 1926 144 1927 137 1928 137 1930 136 1931 128 1932 130 1933 114 1919 #2 1922 #2 1934 #3
On-Base Percentage	10	1st	3 yrs (1919–1921)	1919 .456 1920 .533 1923 .545 1924 .513 1926 .516 1930 .493 1931 .495 1921 AL .512 1927 AL .486 1932 AL .489 1928 #2 1929 #3
Runs	8	1st	3 yrs (1919–1921)	1919 103 1920 158 1921 177 1923 151 1924 143 1926 139 1927 158 1928 163 1930 #2 1931 #2
Total Bases	6	1st	2 yrs (1923–1924)	1919 284 1921 457 1923 399 1924 391 1926 365 1928 380 1920 #2 1927 #2 1929 #3 1930 #3 1931 #2
Runs Batted In	6	1st	3 yrs (1919–1921)	1919 114 1920 137 1921 171 1923 131 1926 150 1928 142 1918 #3 1924 #2 1927 #2 1929 #2 1931 #2
Complete Games	1	1st	—	1917 35
Shutouts	1	1st	—	1916 AL 9
Earned Run Average	1	1st	—	1916 AL 1.75
Batting Average	1	1st	—	1924 AL .378 1921 #3 1923 #2 1926 #2 1930 #3 1931 #2
Doubles	—	#2	—	1918 #2 1921 #2 1923 #3
Innings Pitched	—	#2	—	1916 #3 1917 #2
Walks + Hits / IP	—	#2	—	1918 #2
Strikeouts	—	#3	—	1916 #3
Wins	—	#2	—	1916 #3 1917 #2

Title Seasons

17 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1933	1	BB 114
1932	2	OBP .489 BB 130
1931	5	HR 46 OPS 1.195 OBP .495 SLG .700 BB 128
1930	5	HR 49 OPS 1.225 OBP .493 SLG .732 BB 136
1929	3	HR 46 OPS 1.128 SLG .697
1928	7	HR 54 RBI 142 R 163 OPS 1.172 SLG .709 TB 380 BB 137
1927	6	HR 60 R 158 OPS 1.258 OBP .486 SLG .772 BB 137
1926	8	HR 47 RBI 150 R 139 OPS 1.253 OBP .516 SLG .737 TB 365 BB 144
1924	8	AVG .378 HR 46 R 143 OPS 1.252 OBP .513 SLG .739 TB 391 BB 142
1923	8	HR 41 RBI 131 R 151 OPS 1.309 OBP .545 SLG .764 TB 399 BB 170
1922	2	OPS 1.106 SLG .672
1921	8	HR 59 RBI 171 R 177 OPS 1.359 OBP .512 SLG .846 TB 457 BB 145
1920	7	HR 54 RBI 137 R 158 OPS 1.382 OBP .533 SLG .849 BB 150
1919	7	HR 29 RBI 114 R 103 OPS 1.114 OBP .456 SLG .657 TB 284
1918	1	HR 11
1917	1	CG 35
1916	2	ERA 1.75 SHO 9

Batting

22 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1914	BOS	AL	5	10	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	.200	.200	.300	.500
1915	BOS	AL	42	92	16	29	10	1	4	21	9	23	0	.315	.376	.576	.952
1916	BOS	AL	67	136	18	37	5	3	3	15	10	23	0	.272	.322	.419	.741
1917	BOS	AL	52	123	14	40	6	3	2	12	12	18	0	.325	.385	.472	.857
1918	BOS	AL	95	317	50	95	26	11	11	66	58	58	6	.300	.411	.555	.966
1919	BOS	AL	130	432	103	139	34	12	29	114	101	58	7	.322	.456	.657	1.114
1920	NYA	AL	142	457	158	172	36	9	54	137	150	80	14	.376	.533	.849	1.382
1921	NYA	AL	152	540	177	204	44	16	59	171	145	81	17	.378	.512	.846	1.359
1922	NYA	AL	110	406	94	128	24	8	35	99	84	80	2	.315	.434	.672	1.106
1923	NYA	AL	152	522	151	205	45	13	41	131	170	93	17	.393	.545	.764	1.309
1924	NYA	AL	153	529	143	200	39	7	46	121	142	81	9	.378	.513	.739	1.252
1925	NYA	AL	98	359	61	104	12	2	25	66	59	68	2	.290	.393	.543	.936
1926	NYA	AL	152	495	139	184	30	5	47	150	144	76	11	.372	.516	.737	1.253
1927	NYA	AL	151	540	158	192	29	8	60	164	137	89	7	.356	.486	.772	1.258
1928	NYA	AL	154	536	163	173	29	8	54	142	137	87	4	.323	.463	.709	1.172
1929	NYA	AL	135	499	121	172	26	6	46	154	72	60	5	.345	.430	.697	1.128
1930	NYA	AL	145	518	150	186	28	9	49	153	136	61	10	.359	.493	.732	1.225
1931	NYA	AL	145	534	149	199	31	3	46	163	128	51	5	.373	.495	.700	1.195
1932	NYA	AL	133	457	120	156	13	5	41	137	130	62	2	.341	.489	.661	1.150
1933	NYA	AL	137	459	97	138	21	3	34	103	114	90	4	.301	.442	.582	1.023
1934	NYA	AL	125	365	78	105	17	4	22	84	104	63	1	.288	.448	.537	.985
1935	BSN	NL	28	72	13	13	0	0	6	12	20	24	0	.181	.359	.431	.789
Career	—	—	2,503	8,398	2,174	2,873	506	136	714	2,217	2,062	1,330	123	.342	.474	.690	1.164

Pitching

10 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1914	BOS	AL	2	1	3.91	4	3	0	23.0	21	10	1	7	3	1.22
1915	BOS	AL	18	8	2.44	32	28	0	217.2	166	59	3	85	112	1.15
1916	BOS	AL	23	12	1.75	44	41	1	323.2	230	63	0	118	170	1.08
1917	BOS	AL	24	13	2.01	41	38	2	326.1	244	73	2	108	128	1.08
1918	BOS	AL	13	7	2.22	20	19	0	166.1	125	41	1	49	40	1.05
1919	BOS	AL	9	5	2.97	17	15	1	133.1	148	44	2	58	30	1.55
1920	NYA	AL	1	0	4.50	1	1	0	4.0	3	2	0	2	0	1.25
1921	NYA	AL	2	0	9.00	2	1	0	9.0	14	9	1	9	2	2.56
1930	NYA	AL	1	0	3.00	1	1	0	9.0	11	3	0	2	3	1.44
1933	NYA	AL	1	0	5.00	1	1	0	9.0	12	5	0	3	0	1.67
Career	—	—	94	46	2.28	163	148	4	1221.1	974	309	10	441	488	1.16

Fielding by Position

Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP	FLD%
OF	2,241	4,444	204	155	48	.968
P	163	95	354	15	21	.968
1B	32	248	11	9	17	.966