Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
Babe
Herman		  
Nickname: Flatbush Pride
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 190
 
Born: June 26, 1903 in Buffalo, NY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Rookie of the Year Award 1926   
Gold Glove Award 1926   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1926 23 BSN NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4 7 7 7
1927 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4 7 7 7
1928 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4 7 7 7
1929 26 BSN NL $ 1,902,857   9 9 9 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,902,857   9 9 9 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1926 23 BSN NL 145 547 83 191 27 9 5 97 31 6 52 48 .349 .402 .459 .861 99.3 23.7
1927 24 BSN NL 123 335 60 131 21 17 2 58 9 6 26 27 .391 .433 .573 1.006 67.6 16.2
1928 25 BSN NL 134 312 38 82 17 2 1 48 11 4 17 23 .263 .298 .340 .638 29.2 3.1
1929 26 BSN NL 150 573 92 180 44 13 12 96 18 4 36 38 .314 .354 .499 .853 90.8 18.0
4 Years Sim 552 1767 273 584 109 41 20 299 69 20 131 136 .331 .374 .473 .847 287.0 61.0
162 Game Average 518 80 171 31 12 5 87 20 5 38 39 .331 .374 .473 .847 84.2  
Career Highs 150 573 92 191 44 17 12 97 31 6 52 48 .391 .433 .573 1.006 99.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1199 194 396 74 32 18 204 45 13 83 91 .330 .372 .490 .862 203.6
vs LH   568 79 188 35 9 2 95 24 7 48 45 .331 .380 .435 .815 90.4
Home 280 865 121 266 49 26 3 136 28 9 64 59 .308 .354 .435 .788 127.1
Away 272 902 152 318 60 15 17 163 41 11 67 77 .353 .394 .509 .903 166.9
RISP   507 0 174 34 11 6 248 0 0 40 32 .343 .380 .489 .869 87.7
Pinch Hitting   141 22 42 11 5 0 30 4 0 12 10 .298 .351 .447 .797 21.4
Close/Late   255 30 84 11 5 3 48 0 0 19 16 .329 .375 .447 .823 40.0
Mar/Apr 64 196 27 68 10 4 1 23 7 2 21 15 .347 .408 .454 .862 34.8
May 107 373 38 110 14 11 4 52 11 4 28 33 .295 .342 .424 .766 52.8
June 102 313 54 110 19 9 3 55 11 3 26 24 .351 .397 .498 .896 57.2
July 108 330 59 108 23 8 1 58 15 2 29 30 .327 .377 .455 .832 54.9
August 95 315 45 99 26 4 6 65 12 3 11 20 .314 .337 .479 .817 47.2
Sep/Oct 76 240 50 89 17 5 5 46 13 6 16 14 .371 .408 .546 .954 47.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1926 23 BSN NL LF 143 135 1199.3 287 9 11 1 .964 2.22   2.2
1927 24 BSN NL RF 58 32 342.7 93 2 3 0 .969 2.50   1.1
    LF 31 18 180.3 31 0 0 0 1.000 1.55    
    1B 24 11 117.0 171 14 3 16 .984 14.23   0.1
1928 25 BSN NL RF 46 33 318.0 79 1 2 0 .976 2.26   0.6
    1B 65 12 217.3 287 29 7 31 .978 13.09   0.2
    LF 9 6 60.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.95    
1929 26 BSN NL LF 92 90 807.7 210 8 8 2 .965 2.43   1.8
    RF 47 47 415.7 111 4 3 2 .975 2.49    
    1B 8 0 12.3 18 0 1 0 .947 13.14   0.0
  LF 275 249 2247.3 541 17 19 3 .967 2.23   4.0
  RF 151 112 1076.3 283 7 8 2 .973 2.42   1.6
  1B 97 23 346.7 476 43 11 47 .979 13.47   0.4
Career Totals   523 384 3670.3 1300 67 38 52 .973 3.35   6.0
Career Highs   147 137 1235.7 379 30 12 31 .981 6.18    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1926-2-.349
1929-10-.314
 On-Base Pct
1926-5-.402
 Slugging Pct
1929-6-.499
 OPS
1926-8-.861
1929-8-.853
 XR
1926-5-99.3
1929-7-90.8
 Games
1929-1-150
At-Bats
1929-2-573
 Hits
1926-2-191
1929-3-180
 Total Bases
1929-6-286
 Singles
1926-1-150
 Doubles
1929-3-44
 Triples
1927-4-17
1929-8-13
RBIs
1926-4-97
1929-6-96
 Stolen Bases
1926-9-31
 Strikeouts
1926-6-48
1929-6-38
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Dave Harris (949)
  2. George Van Haltren (945)
  3. Ernie Orsatti (936)
  4. Mose Solomon (925)
  5. Joe Munson (909)
  6. Roy Carlyle (900)
  7. Paul Waner (899)
  8. Lloyd Waner (897)
  9. Red Parnell (895)
  10. Herman Layne (894)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1926
Had first career hit on 4/13/1926, off Vic Keen (CHN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/15/1926, off Milt Gaston (CHN)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/19/1926, hitting .560 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1926, hitting .388 with 0 HR, 23 RBI
Won Rookie of the Year Award in 1926, hitting .349 with 5 HR, 97 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1926
Injured on 9/5/1927 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Chicago (N) on 9/1/1928
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.