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, 4,203rd 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	21-18 / in Starts: 19-8
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 103 PAs	20
Actual Runners on Base	45 (24-11-10) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 103 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	62 (29-21-11)

Most Driven In
Self	3
L Gardner	2
P Thomas	2
H Hooper	1
S Wood	1
J Barry	1

Most Driven In By
Self	3
T Speaker	2
D Hoblitzell	1
E Scott	1
H Wagner	0

1915 Batting Game Log

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1915 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	6	3 (2)	Apr 16	BOS	@	PHA	T,6-6	GS-5	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.500	.500	1.000	1.500	9	.62	0.057	1.60	0.09%	0.52	P
2	7	9 (5)	Apr 24	BOS		PHA	L,3-6	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.333	.333	.667	1.000	9						P
3	8	10	Apr 26	BOS		PHA	W,9-2	CG(7)	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0				0		.167	.286	.333	.619	9						P
4	9	12 (1)	Apr 29	BOS		NYY	L,4-6	7-7	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.286	.375	.571	.946	2	.30	0.021	.78	0.03%	0.96	PH
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
5	10	15 (2)	May 6	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG(13)	5	5	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.417	.462	.833	1.295	9	1.94	-0.083	5.44	-0.14%	0.48	P
6	11	19 (3)	May 11	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	GS-0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.429	.467	.857	1.324	9						P
7	12	23 (3)	May 16	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-0	14-14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.400	.438	.800	1.238	8	2.24	-0.055	6.59	-0.10%	-0.21	PH
8	13	24	May 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	5-9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.375	.444	.750	1.194	9	.29	0.012	.90	0.02%	0.16	P
9	14	25	May 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.353	.421	.706	1.127	9						PH
10	15	26	May 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-11	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.333	.400	.667	1.067	9	2.36	-0.060	7.67	-0.12%	-0.78	P
11	16	30 (3)	May 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.286	.348	.571	.919	9	1.02	-0.072	2.32	-0.10%	-0.67	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
12	17	35 (4)	Jun 2	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.292	.393	.667	1.060	9	.68	0.170	2.26	0.34%	1.49	P
13	18	46 (10)	Jun 17	BOS		SLB	W,11-10	GS-0	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	0		0	0	0				0		.321	.406	.643	1.049	9						P
14	19	48 (1)	Jun 19	BOS		SLB	T,5-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.310	.394	.621	1.015	8						PH
15	20	49	Jun 21 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.303	.378	.606	.984	9						P
16	21	54 (4)	Jun 25	BOS		NYY	W,9-5	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.415	.694	1.109	9	.45	0.222	1.51	0.45%	3.10	P
17	22	59 (4)	Jun 29	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.308	.386	.641	1.027	9	.61	-0.045	2.10	-0.09%	-0.69	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
18	23	62 (2)	Jul 3 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,3-7	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.300	.378	.625	1.003	9						PH
19	24	65 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,6-0	CG	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.310	.396	.667	1.063	9						P
20	25	70 (4)	Jul 9	BOS	@	DET	L,4-15	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.310	.396	.667	1.063	9						P
21	26	74 (3)	Jul 13 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.289	.385	.622	1.007	9						P
22	27	84 (9)	Jul 21	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	GS-0	4	4	1	4	2	0	1	3	0		0	0	0				0		.347	.429	.755	1.184	9						P
23	28	89 (4)	Jul 25 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	GS-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.360	.439	.760	1.199	9						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
24	29	101 (11)	Aug 10 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,10-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0		1	0	0				0		.370	.443	.759	1.202	9						P
25	30	106 (4)	Aug 14	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.386	.453	.754	1.208	9	2.28	0.343	13.57	1.22%	1.63	P
26	31	109 (2)	Aug 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.373	.439	.729	1.168	9	3.32	-0.165	26.72	-0.80%	-0.56	PH P
27	32	111 (1)	Aug 21	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	1				0		.355	.420	.694	1.114	9						P
28	33	116 (4)	Aug 25	BOS	@	DET	W,2-1	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.344	.417	.672	1.089	9						P
29	34	117	Aug 26	BOS	@	DET	L,6-7	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.338	.411	.662	1.072	9						PH
30	35	119 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-0	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.338	.408	.647	1.055	9						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
31	36	123 (3)	Sep 2	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.324	.392	.620	1.012	9	.86	-0.064	4.86	-0.22%	-1.09	P
32	37	124	Sep 3	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-2	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.319	.388	.611	.999	8	.03	-0.001	.17	0.00%	-0.40	PH
33	38	127 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,2-5	GS-8	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.333	.398	.627	1.024	9	.48	-0.006	2.87	-0.02%	-0.08	P
34	39	129 (1)	Sep 8 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,0-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.329	.393	.618	1.011	8	10.73	-0.257	82.62	-1.19%	-0.72	PH
35	40	132 (2)	Sep 10	BOS		PHA	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.313	.375	.588	.963	9	.21	-0.021	1.41	-0.09%	-0.81	P
36	41	136 (3)	Sep 14	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.325	.385	.602	.987	9	1.46	0.265	6.96	0.76%	1.23	P
37	42	137	Sep 15	BOS		CHW	L,1-3	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.321	.380	.595	.976	8	1.58	-0.039	7.70	-0.11%	-0.21	PH
38	43	141 (3)	Sep 20	BOS		DET	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.322	.379	.586	.965	9	1.68	-0.027	16.08	-0.15%	-0.41	P
39	44	146 (4)	Sep 24	BOS		SLB	L,4-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.322	.379	.586	.965	9						P
40	45	149 (2)	Oct 2 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.318	.375	.580	.955	9	1.41	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.22	P
41	46	150	Oct 2 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	T,3-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.315	.371	.573	.944	9						PH
42	47	154 (3)	Oct 6 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.315	.376	.576	.952	9	1.48	0.188	.00	0.00%	0.63	P
							21-18		103	92	16	29	10	1	4	20	9	0	24	0	2		0		0		.315	.376	.576	.952		1.32	0.348	6.30	-0.22%	3.38

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