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Babe Ruth

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Full name George Herman Ruth
Born February 6, 1895, Baltimore, Maryland
Died August 16, 1948, New York, New York
Buried at Cemetery of the Gate of Heaven, Hawthorne, New York (Section 25- Lot 1115- Center of Graves 3 and 4)
First Game: July 11, 1914; Final Game: May 30, 1935
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 2" Weight: 215
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1936
Won League Award as AL Most Valuable Player (1923)
Named outfielder on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1926 to 1931)
Ejections as player: 1915 (1), 1917 (2), 1919 (1), 1922 (3), 1924 (2), 1930 (1), 1931 (1), 1932 (1). Total: 12
Ejections as coach: 1938 (1)
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Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1914 BOS A Daily Splits 5 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .300 0.0 1914 BOS A 1915 BOS A Daily Splits 42 92 16 29 10 1 4 20 9 0 23 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 .315 .376 .576 0.0 1915 BOS A 1916 BOS A Daily Splits 67 136 18 37 5 3 3 16 10 0 23 0 4 0 3 2 0 0 .272 .322 .419 0.0 1916 BOS A 1917 BOS A Daily Splits 52 123 14 40 6 3 2 14 12 0 18 0 7 0 4 1 0 2 .325 .385 .472 0.0 1917 BOS A 1918 BOS A Daily Splits 95 317 50 95 26 11 11 61 58 26 58 2 3 0 10 4 6 5 .300 .411 .555 3.6 1918 BOS A 1919 BOS A Daily Splits 130 432 103 139 34 12 29 112 101 35 58 6 3 0 14 5 7 6 .322 .456 .657 7.4 1919 BOS A 1920 NY A Daily Splits 142 458 158 172 36 9 54 135 150 36 80 3 5 0 8 6 14 14 .376 .532 .847 9.4 1920 NY A 1921 NY A Daily Splits 152 540 177 204 44 16 59 168 145 27 81 4 4 0 8 5 17 13 .378 .512 .846 9.6 1921 NY A 1922 NY A Daily Splits 110 406 94 128 24 8 35 96 84 12 80 1 4 0 8 6 2 5 .315 .434 .672 3.8 1922 NY A 1923 NY A Daily Splits 152 522 151 205 45 13 41 130 170 40 93 4 3 0 11 4 17 21 .393 .545 .764 10.8 1923 NY A 1924 NY A Daily Splits 153 529 143 200 39 7 46 124 142 28 81 4 6 0 12 4 9 13 .378 .513 .739 8.9 1924 NY A 1925 NY A Daily Splits 98 359 61 104 12 2 25 67 59 1 68 2 6 0 5 8 2 4 .290 .393 .543 1.8 1925 NY A 1926 NY A Daily Splits 152 495 139 184 30 5 47 153 144 12 76 3 10 0 8 8 11 9 .372 .516 .737 8.6 1926 NY A 1927 NY A Daily Splits 151 540 158 192 29 8 60 165 137 3 89 0 14 0 7 8 7 5 .356 .486 .772 9.2 1927 NY A 1928 NY A Daily Splits 154 536 163 173 29 8 54 146 137 8 87 3 8 0 8 10 4 5 .323 .463 .709 7.1 1928 NY A 1929 NY A Daily Splits 135 499 121 172 26 6 46 154 72 5 60 3 14 0 3 9 5 3 .345 .430 .697 5.0 1929 NY A 1930 NY A Daily Splits 145 518 150 186 28 9 49 153 136 8 61 1 21 0 15 15 10 10 .359 .493 .732 7.6 1930 NY A 1931 NY A Daily Splits 145 534 149 199 31 3 46 162 128 5 51 1 0 0 7 5 5 4 .373 .495 .700 7.8 1931 NY A 1932 NY A Daily Splits 133 457 120 156 13 5 41 137 130 5 62 2 0 0 5 11 2 2 .341 .489 .661 6.4 1932 NY A 1933 NY A Daily Splits 137 459 97 138 21 3 34 104 114 3 90 2 0 0 6 15 4 5 .301 .442 .582 4.6 1933 NY A 1934 NY A Daily Splits 125 365 78 105 17 4 22 84 104 1 63 2 0 0 3 10 1 3 .288 .448 .537 3.1 1934 NY A 1935 BOS N Daily Splits 28 72 13 13 0 0 6 12 20 0 24 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .181 .359 .431 0.1 1935 BOS N Total NL ( 1 Year ) 28 72 13 13 0 0 6 12 20 0 24 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .181 .359 .431 0.1 Total NL Total AL (21 Years) 2475 8327 2161 2860 506 136 708 2201 2042 255 1306 43 114 0 147 138 123 129 .343 .475 .692 114.7 Total AL Total (22 Years) Splits 2503 8399 2174 2873 506 136 714 2213 2062 255 1330 43 114 0 148 140 123 129 .342 .474 .690 114.8 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1915 BOS A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1915 BOS A 1916 BOS A Daily Splits 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1916 BOS A 1918 BOS A Daily Splits 3 5 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .600 1918 BOS A 1921 NY A Daily Splits 6 16 3 5 0 0 1 4 5 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .313 .476 .500 1921 NY A 1922 NY A Daily Splits 5 17 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .118 .250 .176 1922 NY A 1923 NY A Daily Splits 6 19 8 7 1 1 3 3 8 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .368 .556 1.000 1923 NY A 1926 NY A Daily Splits 7 20 6 6 0 0 4 5 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .300 .548 .900 1926 NY A 1927 NY A Daily Splits 4 15 4 6 0 0 2 7 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .400 .471 .800 1927 NY A 1928 NY A Daily Splits 4 16 9 10 3 0 3 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .625 .647 1.375 1928 NY A 1932 NY A Daily Splits 4 15 6 5 0 0 2 6 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .500 .733 1932 NY A Total (10 Years) Splits 41 129 37 42 5 2 15 33 33 2 30 2 3 0 0 1 3 4 3 .326 .470 .744 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1933 AL Daily Splits 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.250 1933 AL 1934 AL Daily Splits 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 1934 AL Total ( 2 Years) Splits 2 6 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .833 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                         Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team 1914 BOS A Daily Splits 4 3 1 0 0 0 23 21 96 1 12 10 7 0 3 3 0 0 0 5 1 0 8 2 1 3.91 5.67 -0.3 1914 BOS A 1915 BOS A Daily Splits 32 28 16 1 3 0 217.2 166 892 3 80 59 85 2 112 18 9 6 1 21 5 7 21 18 8 2.44 5.21 2.8 1915 BOS A 1916 BOS A Daily Splits 44 40 23 9 3 1 323.2 230 1298 0 83 63 118 1 170 26 3 8 1 31 4 11 36 23 12 1.75 3.97 5.7 1916 BOS A 1917 BOS A Daily Splits 41 38 35 6 3 2 326.1 244 1309 2 93 73 108 2 128 32 5 11 0 43 10 12 24 24 13 2.01 3.68 4.9 1917 BOS A 1918 BOS A Daily Splits 20 19 18 1 0 0 166.1 125 658 1 51 41 49 1 40 23 3 2 1 19 6 13 19 13 7 2.22 4.00 2.9 1918 BOS A 1919 BOS A Daily Splits 17 15 12 0 2 1 133.1 148 596 2 59 44 58 1 30 26 5 2 1 35 4 8 11 9 5 2.97 3.80 1.4 1919 BOS A 1920 NY A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 17 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 4.50 14.00 -0.1 1920 NY A 1921 NY A Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 1 0 9 14 49 1 10 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 2 0 9.00 13.00 -0.6 1921 NY A 1930 NY A Daily Splits 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 11 39 0 3 3 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3.00 9.00 0.3 1930 NY A 1933 NY A Daily Splits 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 12 42 0 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.00 6.00 0.0 1933 NY A Total (10 Years) Splits 163 147 107 17 12 4 1221.1 974 4996 10 400 309 441 7 488 129 25 29 4 160 34 54 122 94 46 2.28 4.33 17.0 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team

            World Series Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team 1916 BOS A Daily Splits 1 1 1 0 0 0 14 6 48 1 1 1 3 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0.64 2.00 1916 BOS A 1918 BOS A Daily Splits 2 2 1 1 0 0 17 13 68 0 2 2 7 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.06 2.00 1918 BOS A Total ( 2 Years) Splits 3 3 2 1 0 0 31 19 116 1 3 3 10 0 8 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 0.87 2.00 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1914 BOS A Daily Splits P 4 3 1 22 0 7 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 1.000 1915 BOS A Daily Splits P 32 28 16 217.2 17 63 2 3 0 6 27 14 2 .976 1916 BOS A Daily Splits P 44 40 23 323.2 24 83 3 6 0 1 21 28 2 .973 1917 BOS A Daily Splits P 41 38 35 326.2 19 101 2 4 0 9 18 21 6 .984 1918 BOS A Daily Splits OF 59 57 52 507.1 121 8 7 3 0 .949 47 12 0 1918 BOS A LF 47 46 42 406.1 97 8 6 3 0 .946 1918 BOS A P 20 19 18 167 19 58 6 4 0 1 16 9 3 .928 1918 BOS A 1B 13 13 13 110.2 130 6 5 9 0 .965 1918 BOS A CF 12 11 10 101 25 0 1 0 0 .962 1919 BOS A Daily Splits OF 110 106 96 925.1 222 14 1 4 0 .996 110 1 0 1919 BOS A LF 110 106 96 921.1 216 14 1 4 0 .996 1919 BOS A P 17 15 12 133.1 13 35 2 1 0 1 10 8 3 .960 1919 BOS A 1B 6 5 4 43 35 4 1 5 0 .975 1919 BOS A CF 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 1920 NY A Daily Splits OF 141 140 132 1206.1 259 21 19 3 0 .936 32 25 86 1920 NY A RF 86 84 80 724.2 146 20 9 2 0 .949 1920 NY A LF 32 31 28 269 59 1 4 1 0 .938 1920 NY A CF 25 25 24 212.2 52 1 6 0 0 .898 1920 NY A 1B 2 0 0 8 10 0 1 1 0 .909 1920 NY A P 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000 1921 NY A Daily Splits OF 152 150 142 1317.1 348 17 13 5 0 .966 132 21 0 1921 NY A LF 132 132 124 1142.1 280 15 9 4 0 .970 1921 NY A CF 21 18 18 175 67 2 4 1 0 .945 1921 NY A 1B 2 0 0 5 8 0 0 0 0 1.000 1921 NY A P 2 1 0 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1.000 1922 NY A Daily Splits OF 110 110 104 968 226 14 9 3 0 .964 71 0 39 1922 NY A LF 71 71 68 625 150 6 5 1 0 .969 1922 NY A RF 39 39 36 343 74 7 5 0 0 .942 1922 NY A 1B 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 1923 NY A Daily Splits OF 148 148 145 1333 378 20 11 2 0 .973 68 7 73 1923 NY A RF 73 73 71 654.2 175 13 8 1 0 .959 1923 NY A LF 68 68 67 616 177 7 3 1 0 .984 1923 NY A CF 7 7 7 62.1 22 0 0 0 0 1.000 1923 NY A 1B 4 4 4 36 41 1 1 2 0 .977 1924 NY A Daily Splits OF 152 151 135 1319 340 18 14 4 0 .962 50 9 100 1924 NY A RF 100 98 87 853.2 232 14 10 4 0 .961 1924 NY A LF 50 50 45 431.1 101 3 3 0 0 .972 1924 NY A CF 9 3 3 34 5 2 1 0 0 .875 1925 NY A Daily Splits OF 98 98 85 840.1 207 15 6 3 0 .974 33 0 66 1925 NY A RF 66 66 56 584 146 11 4 3 0 .975 1925 NY A LF 33 32 29 256.1 60 2 2 0 0 .969 1926 NY A Daily Splits OF 149 149 135 1273.2 308 11 7 5 0 .979 82 0 68 1926 NY A LF 82 82 75 695.2 173 6 3 3 0 .984 1926 NY A RF 68 67 60 578 139 4 4 2 0 .973 1926 NY A 1B 2 0 0 7 10 0 0 2 0 1.000 1927 NY A Daily Splits OF 151 151 133 1304.2 328 14 13 4 0 .963 56 0 95 1927 NY A RF 95 95 79 805 198 10 10 3 0 .954 1927 NY A LF 56 56 54 499.2 131 3 3 1 0 .978 1928 NY A Daily Splits OF 154 154 134 1320 304 9 8 0 0 .975 55 0 99 1928 NY A RF 99 99 90 859 211 7 6 0 0 .973 1928 NY A LF 55 55 44 461 90 0 3 0 0 .968 1929 NY A Daily Splits OF 133 132 107 1112.2 240 5 4 2 0 .984 55 0 78 1929 NY A RF 78 77 62 657.2 135 3 2 1 0 .986 1929 NY A LF 55 55 45 455 104 2 2 1 0 .981 1930 NY A Daily Splits OF 144 144 119 1220.2 266 10 10 0 0 .965 53 0 91 1930 NY A RF 91 91 76 781.1 172 6 6 0 0 .967 1930 NY A LF 53 53 43 439.1 98 3 4 0 0 .962 1930 NY A P 1 1 1 9 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1931 NY A Daily Splits OF 142 142 88 1166.2 237 5 7 2 0 .972 51 0 91 1931 NY A RF 91 91 55 754 145 4 5 2 0 .968 1931 NY A LF 51 51 33 412.2 89 1 2 0 0 .978 1931 NY A 1B 1 1 1 9 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 1932 NY A Daily Splits OF 129 128 64 1056.2 209 10 9 1 0 .961 44 0 87 1932 NY A RF 87 85 49 722.1 144 8 6 1 0 .962 1932 NY A LF 44 43 15 334.1 60 2 3 0 0 .954 1932 NY A 1B 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 1933 NY A Daily Splits OF 132 132 60 1022 215 9 7 4 0 .970 55 0 78 1933 NY A RF 78 77 37 621 139 6 3 1 0 .980 1933 NY A LF 55 55 23 401 84 3 4 3 0 .956 1933 NY A 1B 1 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 .857 1933 NY A P 1 1 1 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1934 NY A Daily Splits OF 111 110 34 799 197 3 8 0 0 .962 34 0 77 1934 NY A RF 77 76 21 559 149 3 6 0 0 .962 1934 NY A LF 34 34 13 240 50 0 2 0 0 .962 1935 BOS N Daily Splits OF 26 26 1 159 39 1 2 0 0 .952 22 0 4 1935 BOS N LF 22 22 1 132 30 1 2 0 0 .939 1935 BOS N RF 4 4 0 27 9 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total (18 Years) Splits OF 2241 2228 1766 18851.2 4444 204 155 45 0 .968 1050 75 1132 Total (15 Years) RF 1132 1122 859 9524.1 2214 116 84 20 0 .965 Total (18 Years) LF 1050 1042 845 8738.1 2049 77 61 22 0 .972 Total (10 Years) P 163 147 107 1221.1 95 354 15 20 0 20 101 84 17 .968 Total ( 6 Years) CF 75 64 62 589 171 5 12 1 0 .936 Total (10 Years) 1B 33 23 22 230.2 248 11 9 19 0 .966 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1916 BOS A Daily Splits P 1 1 1 14 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 1918 BOS A Daily Splits OF 2 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 0 1918 BOS A LF 2 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1918 BOS A P 2 2 1 17 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 1921 NY A Daily Splits OF 5 5 4 43 9 0 0 0 0 1.000 5 0 0 1921 NY A LF 5 5 4 43 9 0 0 0 0 1.000 1922 NY A Daily Splits OF 5 5 5 43 9 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 5 1922 NY A RF 5 5 5 43 9 0 0 0 0 1.000 1923 NY A Daily Splits OF 6 6 5 52 15 0 1 0 0 .938 0 0 6 1923 NY A RF 6 6 5 52 15 0 1 0 0 .938 1923 NY A 1B 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1926 NY A Daily Splits OF 7 7 7 63 8 2 0 0 0 1.000 3 0 4 1926 NY A RF 4 4 4 36 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1926 NY A LF 3 3 3 27 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1927 NY A Daily Splits OF 4 4 4 36 10 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4 1927 NY A RF 4 4 4 36 10 0 0 0 0 1.000 1928 NY A Daily Splits OF 4 4 4 36 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 2 1928 NY A RF 2 2 2 18 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 1928 NY A LF 2 2 2 18 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1932 NY A Daily Splits OF 4 4 3 35 8 0 1 0 0 .889 2 0 2 1932 NY A RF 2 2 2 18 4 0 1 0 0 .800 1932 NY A LF 2 2 1 17 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 8 Years) Splits OF 37 35 32 310.1 68 3 2 0 0 .973 14 0 23 Total ( 6 Years) RF 23 23 22 203 46 1 2 0 0 .959 Total ( 5 Years) LF 14 12 10 107.1 22 2 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 2 Years) P 3 3 2 31 2 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) 1B 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1933 AL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 1933 AL RF 1 1 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1934 AL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 1934 AL RF 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - Total ( 2 Years) Splits OF 2 2 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2 Total ( 2 Years) RF 2 2 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

   Coaching Record

Year Team START END 1938 BRO N 6-19 10- 2 Total ( 1 Year )

Ejection Information

As player: Date Team Umpire Reason 7-15-1915 BOX BOS A Dick Nallin Called third strike 6-23-1917(1) BOX BOS A Brick Owens Balls and strikes (Struck umpire) 9-13-1917 BOX BOS A George Moriarty Bench jockeying 8-22-1919 BOX BOS A Brick Owens Called third strike 5-25-1922 BOX NY A George Hildebrand Call at 2B (Threw dirt) 6-19-1922 BOX NY A Bill Dinneen Call at 2B (from LF) 8-30-1922 BOX NY A Tommy Connolly Called third strike 4-19-1924 BOX NY A Billy Evans Called third strike 8- 1-1924 BOX NY A Pants Rowland Call at 2B 7- 8-1930(1) BOX NY A Brick Owens Balls and strikes (from bench) 8-21-1931 BOX NY A Roy Van Graflan Home run call 5- 7-1932 BOX NY A Brick Owens Called third strike

As coach: Date Team Umpire Reason 8- 7-1938(1) BOX BRO N Beans Reardon Call at 1B

Transaction Information

Sold by Baltimore (International) to Boston Red Sox with Ernie Shore and Ben Egan for more than $25000 (July 9, 1914).

Sold by Boston Red Sox to New York Yankees for $100000 (December 26, 1919).

Released by New York Yankees (February 26, 1935).

Signed by Boston Braves (February 26, 1935).

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