Babe Ruth stats

Last played for the Atlanta Braves, 1935

Age 131

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Babe Ruth played 22 MLB seasons, 1914 to 1935.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
2,503
AB
8,399
R
2,174
H
2,873
HR
714
RBI
1,983
SB
123
AVG
.342
Standard by season
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.
1914BOS51012000.200
1915BOS42921629400.315
1916BOS671361837300.272
1917BOS521231440200.325
1918BOS9531750951106.300
1919BOS1304321031392907.322
1920NYY1424581581725413714.376
1921NYY1525401772045917117.378
1922NYY1104069412835992.315
1923NYY1525221512054113117.393
1924NYY153529143200461219.378
1925NYY983596110425662.290
1926NYY1524951391844714611.372
1927NYY151540158192601647.356
1928NYY154536163173541424.323
1929NYY135499121172461545.345
1930NYY1455181501864915310.359
1931NYY145534149199461635.373
1932NYY133457120156411372.341
1933NYY13745997138341034.301
1934NYY1253657810522841.288
1935ATL287213136120.181

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
41
AB
129
R
37
H
42
HR
15
RBI
30
SB
4
AVG
.326

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
10,611
TB
5,793
XBH
1,356
HBP
43
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1914BOS10310000
1915BOS10353150000
1916BOS15057110000
1917BOS14258110000
1918BOS379176482000
1919BOS542284756000
1920NYY614388993000
1921NYY6924571194000
1922NYY495273671000
1923NYY699399994000
1924NYY681391924000
1925NYY426195392000
1926NYY652365823000
1927NYY692417970000
1928NYY682380913000
1929NYY587348783000
1930NYY676379861000
1931NYY663374801000
1932NYY589302592000
1933NYY575267582000
1934NYY470196432000
1935ATL923160000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
138.4
RC
2,601.2
RC/27
12.20
ISOP
.348
SECA
.593
BB/K
1.55
AB/HR
11.8
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1914BOS0.00.51.7.1000.1000
1915BOS0.019.58.1.2610.40.4230
1916BOS0.019.15.1470.20.445.30
1917BOS0.022.96.9.1460.20.761.50
1918BOS0.074.28.9.2560.51.028.80
1919BOS0.0128.111.7.3360.61.714.90
1920NYY11.6182.416.1.4720.81.98.50
1921NYY12.6206.315.8.4690.71.89.20
1922NYY6.0112.610.6.3570.61.111.60
1923NYY13.7196.315.5.3720.71.812.70
1924NYY11.4182.714.2.3610.61.811.50
1925NYY3.276.97.8.2530.40.914.40
1926NYY11.117514.3.3660.71.910.50
1927NYY12.1186.113.7.4170.71.690
1928NYY9.8166.812.3860.61.69.90
1929NYY7.6140.211.3530.51.210.80
1930NYY10.0173.612.9.3730.62.210.60
1931NYY10.017313.8.3280.62.511.60
1932NYY8.1144.112.8.3190.62.111.10
1933NYY6.21199.9.2810.51.313.50
1934NYY4.892.19.5.2490.51.616.60
1935ATL0.212.75.8.2500.50.8120

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
131 yearsFeb 6, 1895
Debut
1914

What were Babe Ruth's career stats?

Babe Ruth played 22 seasons for the Red Sox, the Yankees and the Braves. He was a career .342 hitter with 2,873 hits, 714 home runs and 1,983 RBI. His best season was 1923: a .393 batting average, 41 home runs and 131 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

22 seasons, 10 postseasons, 1914 to 1935

Babe Ruth sits top 10 all time in home runs and rbi.

Championships ×7

All-time career rank

  • 3rd in home runs (714)
  • 45th in hits (2,873)
  • 6th in rbi (1,983)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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