Babe Ruth career hits
2,873Career Regular Season
Babe Ruth has recorded 2,873 hits over 22 regular seasons, 45th among 9,721 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 205 in 1923.
- Most recent: 13 in 1935.
Sum of 22 regular seasons, 1914 through 1935. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 |  BOS | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 |
| 1915 | BOS | 42 | 92 | 16 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .315 | .376 | .576 | .952 |
| 1916 | BOS | 67 | 136 | 18 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .272 | .322 | .419 | .741 |
| 1917 | BOS | 52 | 123 | 14 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .325 | .385 | .472 | .857 |
| 1918 | BOS | 95 | 317 | 50 | 95 | 11 | 0 | 6 | .300 | .410 | .555 | .965 |
| 1919 | BOS | 130 | 432 | 103 | 139 | 29 | 0 | 7 | .322 | .456 | .657 | 1.114 |
| 1920 |  NYY | 142 | 458 | 158 | 172 | 54 | 137 | 14 | .376 | .530 | .847 | 1.378 |
| 1921 | NYY | 152 | 540 | 177 | 204 | 59 | 171 | 17 | .378 | .512 | .846 | 1.358 |
| 1922 | NYY | 110 | 406 | 94 | 128 | 35 | 99 | 2 | .315 | .434 | .672 | 1.106 |
| 1923 | NYY | 152 | 522 | 151 | 205 | 41 | 131 | 17 | .393 | .545 | .764 | 1.309 |
| 1924 | NYY | 153 | 529 | 143 | 200 | 46 | 121 | 9 | .378 | .513 | .739 | 1.252 |
| 1925 | NYY | 98 | 359 | 61 | 104 | 25 | 66 | 2 | .290 | .393 | .543 | .936 |
| 1926 | NYY | 152 | 495 | 139 | 184 | 47 | 146 | 11 | .372 | .516 | .737 | 1.253 |
| 1927 | NYY | 151 | 540 | 158 | 192 | 60 | 164 | 7 | .356 | .487 | .772 | 1.259 |
| 1928 | NYY | 154 | 536 | 163 | 173 | 54 | 142 | 4 | .323 | .461 | .709 | 1.170 |
| 1929 | NYY | 135 | 499 | 121 | 172 | 46 | 154 | 5 | .345 | .430 | .697 | 1.128 |
| 1930 | NYY | 145 | 518 | 150 | 186 | 49 | 153 | 10 | .359 | .493 | .732 | 1.225 |
| 1931 | NYY | 145 | 534 | 149 | 199 | 46 | 163 | 5 | .373 | .495 | .700 | 1.195 |
| 1932 | NYY | 133 | 457 | 120 | 156 | 41 | 137 | 2 | .341 | .489 | .661 | 1.150 |
| 1933 | NYY | 137 | 459 | 97 | 138 | 34 | 103 | 4 | .301 | .442 | .582 | 1.023 |
| 1934 | NYY | 125 | 365 | 78 | 105 | 22 | 84 | 1 | .288 | .447 | .537 | .984 |
| 1935 |  ATL | 28 | 72 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 0 | .181 | .359 | .431 | .789 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS