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Babe
Ruth		  
Nickname: The Bambino
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: February 6, 1895 in Usa, MD, BALTIMORE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1919    1923   
Silver Slugger Award 1921    1924    1925   
Rookie of the Year Award 1914   
Gold Glove Award 1923   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1914 19 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 6 5 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 8
1915 20 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 8 8 8
1916 21 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 7 7 7 7 7 6 8 7 8 8 8
1917 22 CIN NL $ 2,857,143   8 8 7 6 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8
1918 23 CIN NL $ 3,300,000   8 8 8 7 9 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8
1919 24 CIN NL $ 9,500,000   9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8
1920 25 CIN NL $ 9,500,000   9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 7 7 7
1921 26 CIN NL $ 9,500,000   9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 7 7 7
1922 27 CIN NL $ 9,500,000   9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 7 7 7
1923 28 CIN NL $ 12,000,000   9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 7 7 7
1924 29 CIN NL $ 12,000,000   10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 7 7 7
1925 30 CIN NL $ 12,000,000   10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 7 7 7
1926 31 CIN NL $ 12,000,000   10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 7 7 7
1927 32 CIN NL $ 12,000,000   10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 7 7 7
1928 33 CIN NL $ 12,000,000   9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 6 6 6
1929 34 CHN NL $ 13,200,000   9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 6 5 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 13,200,000   10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 8 8 8
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
1914 19 CIN NL 134 486 63 130 21 6 6 82 7 2 67 79 .267 .353 .372 .725 65.6 12.4
1915 20 CIN NL 140 496 56 121 15 6 7 75 6 2 70 83 .244 .337 .341 .678 59.5 11.9
1916 21 CIN NL 144 528 67 142 25 5 7 77 11 5 63 75 .269 .346 .375 .721 67.7 12.8
1917 22 CIN NL 145 518 57 118 23 4 7 64 9 4 83 72 .228 .332 .328 .660 61.8 10.9
1918 23 CIN NL 143 526 77 142 34 4 13 70 1 3 100 61 .270 .384 .424 .808 87.5 24.4
1919 24 CIN NL 129 481 78 158 33 2 5 72 6 7 80 59 .328 .424 .437 .860 86.1 22.5
1920 25 CIN NL 144 507 82 137 27 7 22 103 7 1 73 79 .270 .363 .481 .845 88.0 19.3
1921 26 CIN NL 141 510 129 172 38 4 39 131 4 3 107 67 .337 .448 .657 1.105 136.1 28.3
1922 27 CIN NL 136 406 80 125 21 8 24 95 2 3 67 44 .308 .405 .576 .982 86.7 15.9
1923 28 CIN NL 150 532 117 172 28 5 37 128 7 4 108 53 .323 .436 .603 1.039 129.4 27.3
1924 29 CIN NL 149 536 126 166 47 7 37 124 8 2 103 48 .310 .421 .631 1.051 125.9 27.9
1925 30 CIN NL 149 560 151 170 36 7 37 143 8 1 101 46 .304 .405 .591 .996 125.1 25.6
1926 31 CIN NL 149 532 103 143 33 9 27 109 6 0 106 47 .269 .388 .517 .905 106.3 23.9
1927 32 CIN NL 148 526 99 144 33 4 27 108 4 7 114 43 .274 .406 .506 .912 106.3 24.7
1928 33 CIN NL 151 551 103 152 27 7 24 115 3 2 96 40 .276 .380 .481 .861 102.9 19.9
1929 34 CIN NL 56 188 40 52 11 2 12 37 4 1 46 10 .277 .414 .548 .961 44.1 8.7
  CHN NL 94 330 68 107 27 1 15 60 8 3 57 22 .324 .421 .548 .969 72.5 17.8
  TOT   150 518 108 159 38 3 27 97 12 4 103 32 .307 .418 .548 .966 116.5 26.5
16 Years Sim 2302 8213 1496 2351 479 88 346 1593 101 50 1441 928 .286 .391 .492 .884 1551.3 334.0
162 Game Average 577 105 165 33 6 24 112 7 3 101 65 .286 .391 .492 .884 109.2  
Career Highs 151 560 151 172 47 9 39 143 12 7 114 83 .337 .448 .657 1.105 136.1  
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   6189 1177 1799 371 62 292 1240 75 37 1124 714 .291 .398 .512 .910 1251.5
vs LH   2024 319 552 108 26 54 353 26 13 317 214 .273 .370 .432 .802 331.5
Home 1147 4031 731 1182 241 45 149 806 52 26 676 460 .293 .393 .486 .879 765.8
Away 1155 4182 765 1169 238 43 197 787 49 24 765 468 .280 .390 .498 .888 817.3
RISP   2373 0 687 137 30 93 1169 0 0 586 282 .290 .419 .490 .909 514.6
Pinch Hitting   112 17 36 8 0 6 26 0 0 21 15 .321 .429 .554 .982 25.2
Close/Late   899 137 267 42 9 42 161 0 0 204 90 .297 .426 .504 .930 195.8
Mar/Apr 243 870 169 259 48 11 33 189 19 6 186 96 .298 .420 .492 .912 183.1
May 414 1461 256 414 78 25 51 259 19 11 251 184 .283 .386 .476 .862 270.3
June 403 1439 281 401 80 14 62 275 15 11 272 164 .279 .393 .483 .876 276.0
July 422 1527 256 431 104 20 61 289 20 8 257 169 .282 .385 .496 .881 289.7
August 412 1494 271 435 80 12 67 310 11 11 222 183 .291 .380 .495 .875 276.8
Sep/Oct 408 1422 263 411 89 6 72 271 17 3 253 132 .289 .395 .512 .907 287.1
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
1914 19 CIN NL RF 72 72 628.7 126 10 4 4 .971 1.95   1.5
    LF 57 56 495.7 113 2 4 1 .966 2.09    
1915 20 CIN NL RF 136 136 1186.0 266 5 14 0 .951 2.06   3.3
    LF 2 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1916 21 CIN NL RF 140 139 1220.3 293 11 15 4 .953 2.24   3.6
    LF 2 0 8.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1917 22 CIN NL RF 140 140 1213.3 319 9 10 4 .970 2.43   2.2
    1B 1 0 4.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 12.47   0.0
1918 23 CIN NL RF 140 140 1246.0 290 9 7 4 .977 2.16   3.4
    LF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1919 24 CIN NL RF 126 126 1113.0 232 12 16 1 .938 1.97   2.9
    1B 1 0 3.0 4 0 0 2 1.000 12.00   0.0
1920 25 CIN NL RF 136 135 1184.0 296 12 9 2 .972 2.34   4.7
    LF 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1921 26 CIN NL LF 85 84 746.3 153 9 8 1 .953 1.95   4.2
    RF 54 47 423.3 103 5 5 1 .956 2.30    
1922 27 CIN NL RF 76 70 614.7 147 5 6 2 .962 2.23   2.6
    LF 48 26 273.7 81 2 3 1 .965 2.73    
    1B 7 0 15.0 14 2 0 1 1.000 9.60   0.0
1923 28 CIN NL RF 142 140 1222.3 288 9 6 2 .980 2.19   4.0
    LF 3 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    1B 2 0 3.7 5 1 0 1 1.000 14.75   0.0
1924 29 CIN NL RF 143 141 1242.3 306 12 14 1 .958 2.30   3.7
    LF 3 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1925 30 CIN NL RF 123 123 1086.7 246 6 14 1 .947 2.09   1.9
    LF 20 17 156.0 49 2 0 0 1.000 2.94    
    1B 3 0 7.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 16.71   0.0
1926 31 CIN NL RF 143 143 1271.3 315 9 24 2 .931 2.29   3.3
    LF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1927 32 CIN NL RF 144 142 1258.7 295 13 12 5 .963 2.20   4.1
    LF 3 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    1B 1 0 3.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
1928 33 CIN NL RF 145 145 1263.3 314 6 9 2 .973 2.28   3.3
    LF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1929 34 CIN NL LF 33 32 288.9 55 3 2 1 .967 1.81   1.8
    RF 21 19 171.8 40 2 1 0 .977 2.20   0.0
    1B 0 0 0.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 22.50   0.0
  CHN NL LF 56 55 477.8 90 5 3 2 .969 1.79   1.3
    RF 34 32 284.2 67 2 2 1 .972 2.19   0.0
    1B 1 0 0.6 1 0 0 1 1.000 15.00   0.0
  RF 1915 1890 16630.0 3943 137 168 36 .960 2.21   44.3
  LF 322 270 2486.7 548 24 20 6 .966 2.07   7.3
  1B 18 0 41.0 55 5 0 5 1.000 13.17   0.1
Career Totals   2255 2160 19157.6 4546 166 188 47 .962 2.21   51.7
Career Highs   149 145 1279.3 325 14 24 5 .981 2.50    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1919 24 CIN NL 6 22 2 8 3 1 1 8 0 0 2 2 .364 .417 .727 1.144
1921 26 CIN NL 7 24 6 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .292 .393 .375 .768
1923 28 CIN NL 14 49 11 17 4 0 3 11 1 0 12 4 .347 .475 .612 1.088
1924 29 CIN NL 12 50 7 10 3 2 0 4 1 0 5 4 .200 .273 .340 .613
1925 30 CIN NL 11 45 7 9 3 0 2 5 0 0 5 3 .200 .280 .400 .680
1926 31 CIN NL 7 30 8 11 3 0 4 10 1 0 1 4 .367 .387 .867 1.254
1927 32 CIN NL 13 51 7 12 3 0 2 7 0 0 6 6 .235 .310 .412 .722
1929 34 CHN NL 11 41 8 13 2 0 3 13 0 0 4 1 .317 .362 .585 .947
Career Post-Season Batting 81 312 56 87 23 3 15 59 3 0 38 28 .279 .356 .516 .872
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
1919-6-.328
1921-10-.337
 On-Base Pct
1918-5-.384
1919-1-.424
1921-2-.448
1923-2-.436
1924-5-.421
1925-4-.405
1926-7-.388
1927-1-.406
1928-7-.380
1929-2-.418
CAR-9-.391
 Slugging Pct
1918-4-.424
1919-5-.437
1920-6-.481
1921-1-.657
1922-2-.548*
1923-2-.603
1924-1-.631
1925-2-.591
1926-3-.517
1927-3-.506
1928-4-.481
1929-3-.548
CAR-6-.492
 OPS
1918-4-.808
1919-2-.860
1920-8-.845
1921-1-1.105
1922-3-.936*
1923-2-1.039
1924-1-1.051
1925-3-.996
1926-3-.905
1927-2-.912
1928-5-.861
1929-2-.966
CAR-7-.884
 XR
1918-3-87.5
1919-2-86.1
1920-10-88.0
1921-1-136.1
1923-2-129.4
1924-2-125.9
1925-1-125.1
1926-2-106.3
1927-2-106.3
1928-1-102.9
1929-2-116.5
CAR-2-1551.3
 Games
1920-9-144
1921-6-141
1923-3-150
1924-6-149
1925-3-149
1926-3-149
1927-9-148
1928-3-151
1929-1-150
CAR-7-2302
At-Bats
1925-9-560
CAR-11-8213
 Runs
1921-1-129
1923-2-117
1924-2-126
1925-1-151
1926-2-103
1927-7-99
1928-1-103
1929-2-108
CAR-4-1496
 Hits
1923-10-172
CAR-16-2351
 Total Bases
1918-6-223
1920-9-244
1921-1-335
1923-3-321
1924-1-338
1925-3-331
1926-4-275
1927-4-266
1928-3-265
1929-7-284
CAR-3-4044
 Singles
CAR-44-1438
 Doubles
1918-2-34
1919-6-33
1921-3-38
1924-1-47
1925-5-36
1926-9-33
1927-5-33
1929-4-38
CAR-5-479
Homeruns
1914-5-6
1915-3-7
1916-4-7
1917-6-7
1918-1-13
1919-9-5
1920-1-22
1921-1-39
1922-2-24
1923-2-37
1924-2-37
1925-1-37
1926-1-27
1927-1-27
1928-1-24
1929-2-27
CAR-1-346
 RBIs
1914-8-82
1915-10-75
1920-3-103
1921-1-131
1923-1-128
1924-2-124
1925-1-143
1926-1-109
1927-5-108
1928-1-115
1929-5-97
CAR-2-1593
 Walks
1914-9-67
1917-2-83
1918-1-100
1919-1-80
1920-2-73
1921-1-107
1922-10-67
1923-1-108
1924-1-103
1925-1-101
1926-1-106
1927-1-114
1928-2-96
1929-1-103
CAR-1-1441
 Strikeouts
1914-4-79
1915-6-83
1916-8-75
1917-9-72
1919-10-59
1920-5-79
1921-5-67
1924-6-48
1926-7-47
1928-10-40
CAR-5-928
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 84    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 233    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 60    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1914
Traded from Chicago (N) to Cincinnati on 2/20/1914 (Going to CIN: RF Babe Ruth. Going to CHN: LF Walton Cruise, RF Mike Mitchell, CF Tim Hendryx, LF Jay Kirke, 2B John Hummel)
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/16/1914, off Jim Bagby (CHN)
Won Rookie of the Year Award in 1914, hitting .267 with 6 HR, 82 RBI
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,857,143 through salary arbitration
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
6/16/1918: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $9,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Hit 3 homeruns against Philadelphia (N), driving in 7 runs on 7/27/1918
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1918, hitting .400 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1919, hitting .619 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1919, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 3 RBI
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1919
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1920, hitting .352 with 11 HR, 23 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Pittsburgh on 4/14/1921
Won Player of the Week award on 4/18/1921, hitting .522 with 4 HR, 5 RBI
Sets a new season NL-Record for HR with 23 on 7/28/1921
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1921, hitting .337 with 39 HR, 131 RBI
Drove in 8 runs against Pittsburgh on 4/28/1922
5/16/1922: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $12,000,000 per year, for 6 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/20/1923, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 10/1/1923, hitting .375 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 10/5/1923
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1923
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1923
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1924, hitting .375 with 6 HR, 20 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1924, hitting .390 with 8 HR, 30 RBI
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1924, hitting .310 with 37 HR, 124 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Brooklyn on 7/4/1925
Won Player of the Week award on 7/6/1925, hitting .333 with 4 HR, 15 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1925, hitting .345 with 8 HR, 36 RBI
Sets a new season NL-Record for RBI with 134 on 9/20/1925
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1925, hitting .304 with 37 HR, 143 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1926, hitting .333 with 7 HR, 22 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/7/1926, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/2/1926, hitting .429 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 4/24/1927
Won Player of the Week award on 6/7/1927, hitting .391 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/19/1927, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 8/12/1927, off Firpo Marberry (BSN)
 
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