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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Team Record in Appearances: 28-16 / in Starts: 27-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 1

1916 Pitching Game Log

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1916 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	37	1	Apr 12	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.1	4	1	0	2	6	0	0	0.00	1.60	31	77	1	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.15	0.15%
2	38	4	Apr 17	BOS		WSH	W,5-1	CG(8)	W(2-0)	4	8.0	8	1	1	2	6	0	1	0.55	1.76	32	66	0	3	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	0.70%
3	39	8	Apr 20	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	W(3-0)	2	9.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	0.71	1.92	35	75	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.27	0.24%
4	40	12	Apr 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(4-0)	4	10.0	8	3	2	2	5	0	0	1.02	1.92	39	69	0	3	0	37	1	1	0	0	0	2	6.92	0.20%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
5	41	16	May 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS-	L(4-1)	5	7.1	5	5	5	9	3	0	0	1.90	2.48	33	42				23					0
6	42	19	May 5	BOS		NYY	L,4-8	GS-9		3	8.0	7	2	2	6	5	0	1	1.95	2.67	36	59	2	2	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	0.25%
7	43	23	May 10	BOS		CLE	L,2-6	CG	L(4-2)	4	9.0	10	6	5	2	4	0	0	2.41	2.58	38	47	0	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.66	-0.44%
8	44	29	May 20	BOS		SLB	W,3-1	GS-6	W(5-2)	9	6.0	0	1	1	7	4	0	0	2.33	2.76	23	65	1	1	1	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.52	0.17%
9	45	31	May 24	BOS		DET	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-2)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.05	2.77	32	78	0	2	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.90	0.47%
10	46	35	May 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(6-3)	2	8.0	8	4	3	2	4	0	0	2.18	2.70	32	54	4	1	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.47	-0.24%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
11	47	40	Jun 1	BOS		WSH	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-3)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	1	1.96	2.60	33	86	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.88	1.11%
12	48	43	Jun 5	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-3)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.79	2.52	34	78				33	1	0			0
13	49	45	Jun 9	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-9		3	8.0	8	4	3	2	2	0	0	1.90	2.53	39	52	0	0	0	36	2	1	0	1	0	6	4.02	-0.75%
14	50	48	Jun 13	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	GS-	W(9-3)	3	5.1	4	1	1	6	5	0	0	1.89	2.59	25	55				19					0
15	51	52	Jun 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG(8)	L(9-4)	3	8.0	10	5	5	1	7	0	1	2.14	2.50	34	48	0	0	0	32	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.06	-0.16%
16	52	56	Jun 22	BOS		NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(10-4)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.99	2.48	30	82	0	1	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	2	3.21	0.95%
17	53	61	Jun 27	BOS		PHA	W,7-2	CG	W(11-4)	4	9.0	7	2	2	4	10	0	1	1.99	2.44	39	71				34	1	0			0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
18	54	65	Jul 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-4	GS-	L(11-5)	3	3.1	3	4	4	2	7	0	0	2.20	2.38	14	43				12					0
19	55	70	Jul 7	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	GS-		5	7.0	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.16	2.39	25	65				22					0
20	56	74	Jul 11(1)	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	GS-1		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.15	2.39	1	51	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	0.03%
21	57	75	Jul 11(2)	BOS		CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(12-5)	-1	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	1	2.09	2.36	34	75	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.53	0.61%
22	58	80	Jul 15(2)	BOS		SLB	W,17-4	GS-	W(13-5)	3	6.0	3	2	1	2	4	0	0	2.06	2.35	24	62				22					0
23	59	82	Jul 18	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	W(14-5)	2	9.0	7	3	3	5	4	0	0	2.11	2.38	37	60				31	2	0			0
24	60	85	Jul 20	BOS		DET	L,2-3		L(14-6)	1	5.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.10	2.37	23					21					0
25	61	88	Jul 25	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-	L(14-7)	4	7.1	4	5	4	4	0	0	0	2.21	2.43	30	48				25					0
26	62	92	Jul 29(1)	BOS	@	DET	L,8-10	GS-	L(14-8)	3	0.1	3	4	2	1	0	0	0	2.31	2.45	6	32				5					0
27	63	95	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	W,6-0	SHO	W(15-8)	1	9.0	2	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.20	2.41	31	87				29	1	0			0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
28	64	99	Aug 4	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-6	GS-	L(15-9)	3	5.0	9	5	3	4	3	0	0	2.28	2.44	26	32				22					0
29	65	107	Aug 12	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	GS-7		7	7.0	3	1	1	4	4	0	1	2.25	2.47	28	67	2	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	1	0	7.79	0.79%
30	66	109	Aug 15	BOS		WSH	W,1-0	SHO	W(16-9)	2	13.0	8	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.11	2.48	47	90				41	1	0			0
31	67	114	Aug 19	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	GS-6		3	6.0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.06	2.48	21	64	0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	9.26	0.80%
32	68	117	Aug 23	BOS		CLE	W,7-3		S(1)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.04	2.46	7					7					0
33	69	118	Aug 24	BOS		DET	W,3-0	SHO	W(17-9)	0	9.0	3	0	0	5	3	0	0	1.96	2.50	35	79				29	0	0			0
34	70	121	Aug 29(1)	BOS		SLB	L,3-5	1-6	L(17-10)	4	5.0	1	3	0	4	1	0	0	1.92	2.53	18		0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	12.62	0.66%
35	71	124	Aug 31	BOS		SLB	L,1-2	CG	L(17-11)	1	9.0	7	2	1	2	5	0	1	1.89	2.52	38	70	0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	9.02	0.51%
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
36	72	127	Sep 4(1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	W(18-11)	3	9.0	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	1.83	2.48	32	80	0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.17	2.10%
37	73	129	Sep 5(1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-5	5-GF(8)		0	4.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	0	1.87	2.46	19		0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.61	-0.33%
38	74	134	Sep 9(1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	W(19-11)	3	9.0	5	1	0	3	3	0	0	1.80	2.46	34	75				29	1	0			0
39	75	137	Sep 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS-		2	8.2	6	2	2	3	7	0	0	1.81	2.44	35	68				31					0
40	76	141	Sep 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(20-11)	4	9.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	0	1.82	2.42	37	72	0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	3	11.10	1.00%
41	77	145	Sep 21	BOS	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	W(21-11)	3	9.0	7	2	2	4	4	0	0	1.82	2.43	38	65	0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	8.78	1.63%
42	78	149	Sep 25	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-0	SHO	W(22-11)	3	9.0	7	0	0	2	5	0	0	1.77	2.42	34	76				32	0	0			0
43	79	152	Sep 29	BOS		NYY	W,3-0	SHO	W(23-11)	3	9.0	5	0	0	4	4	0	0	1.72	2.43	34	77	0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	4.19	0.87%
44	80	156	Oct 3(2)	BOS		PHA	L,5-7	GS-	L(23-12)	3	5.0	11	4	2	1	1	0	0	1.75	2.43	25	33				24					0
							28-16		W-L:23-12,Sv:1	3.0	324.0	230	83	63	118	171	0	8	1.75	2.43	1298	64	10	16	1	1147	24	4	0	10	3	23	4.94	11.32%

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