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George
Ruth		  
Nickname: Herman
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: February 6, 1895 in Usa, MD, BALTIMORE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1923    1926   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1914 19 NYA AL   9 4 3 3 8 7 8 10 8 9
1915 20 NYA AL   8 5 3 4 8 7 7 10 8 9
1916 21 NYA AL $ 300,000 8 5 4 4 8 7 7 9 8 8
1917 22 NYA AL $ 300,000 8 6 4 5 8 7 7 9 8 8
1918 23 NYA AL $ 300,000 8 6 5 5 8 7 7 10 8 9
1919 24 NYA AL $ 300,000 7 6 5 5 8 7 8 10 10 10
1920 25 NYA AL $ 2,307,143 7 6 5 5 8 8 8 10 9 10
1921 26 NYA AL $ 4,178,571 7 6 5 5 8 7 7 10 9 10
1922 27 CIN NL $ 4,178,571 7 6 5 5 8 7 8 10 10 10
1923 28 CIN NL $ 7,230,000 7 6 5 5 8 7 7 10 10 10
1924 29 CIN NL $ 7,230,000 7 6 5 5 8 7 7 10 10 10
1925 30 CIN NL $ 7,230,000 7 6 5 5 8 7 7 10 10 10
1926 31 PHI NL $ 10,000,000 7 6 5 5 8 7 7 10 9 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 4 3 3 8 7 7 9 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,000,000 9 6 5 5 8 8 8 10 10 10
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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 NYA AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
1915 20 NYA AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1916 21 NYA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1917 22 NYA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1918 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1919 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1920 25 NYA AL $ 2,307,143   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1921 26 NYA AL $ 4,178,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1922 27 CIN NL $ 4,178,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1923 28 CIN NL $ 7,230,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1924 29 CIN NL $ 7,230,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1925 30 CIN NL $ 7,230,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1926 31 PHI NL $ 10,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1914 19 AAA   21 6 .778 30 30 16 7 0 255.3 198 63 8 96 206 2.22 .212 .285 .279 .564  
1915 20 AAA   11 10 .524 24 24 10 3 0 190.3 166 62 11 91 159 2.93 .232 .319 .322 .641  
1916 21 NYA AL 3 2 .600 5 5 3 1 0 42.7 37 14 2 8 25 2.95 .233 .268 .390 .658 4.1
    AAA   18 10 .643 30 30 20 7 0 255.7 190 54 8 93 204 1.90 .206 .279 .267 .545  
1917 22 NYA AL 15 23 .395 41 41 30 1 0 352.3 320 124 8 123 141 3.17 .244 .309 .368 .677 21.2
1918 23 NYA AL 13 22 .371 42 42 30 0 0 351.3 337 150 14 141 155 3.84 .255 .325 .390 .715 12.5
1919 24 NYA AL 13 21 .382 37 37 28 1 0 312.0 354 133 5 94 139 3.84 .290 .341 .368 .709 13.5
1920 25 NYA AL 24 14 .632 40 40 29 1 0 341.3 320 101 4 88 114 2.66 .252 .302 .337 .639 34.7
1921 26 NYA AL 16 17 .485 38 38 24 1 0 314.7 345 146 12 100 101 4.18 .281 .336 .393 .729 23.0
1922 27 NYA AL 10 6 .625 16 16 12 1 0 137.7 123 43 3 53 56 2.81 .239 .309 .332 .641 12.6
  CIN NL 11 8 .579 21 21 15 1 0 168.3 162 68 5 48 65 3.64 .252 .304 .356 .659 12.3
  TOT   21 14 .600 37 37 27 2 0 306.0 285 111 8 101 121 3.26 .246 .306 .345 .651 24.9
1923 28 CIN NL 19 15 .559 39 39 28 5 0 329.0 356 144 7 103 111 3.94 .282 .337 .366 .702 24.1
1924 29 CIN NL 8 10 .444 19 19 16 1 0 162.7 169 74 3 54 48 4.09 .264 .324 .342 .666 9.7
1925 30 CIN NL 20 15 .571 40 40 29 6 0 335.0 350 133 5 91 103 3.57 .269 .321 .343 .664 21.8
1926 31 PHI NL 25 12 .676 38 38 25 1 0 316.7 328 131 7 109 93 3.72 .265 .328 .361 .689 20.6
11 Years Sim 177 165 .518 376 376 269 20 0 3163.6 3201 1261 75 1012 1151 3.59 .264 .322 .363 .685 209.9
3 Years AAA 50 26 .658 84 84 46 17 0 701.3 554 179 27 280 569 2.30 .215 .292 .286 .579  
Season Average 16 15 .516 34 34 24 1 0 287.6 291 114 6 92 104 3.59 .264 .322 .363 .685  
Career Highs 25 23 .676 42 42 30 6 0 352.3 356 150 14 141 155 4.18 .290 .341 .393 .729  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2265 895 67 757 732   .273 .333 .379 .712
vs LH   936 366 8 255 419   .246 .293 .328 .621
Home 90 82 .523 190 190 139 11 0 1643.6 1613 641 41 537 573 3.51 .259 .318 .361 .678
Away 87 83 .512 186 186 130 9 0 1520.0 1588 620 34 475 578 3.67 .270 .325 .365 .689
Mar/Apr 21 13 .618 39 39 26 2 0 327.0 296 115 8 94 101 3.17 .242 .296 .332 .628
May 31 32 .492 70 70 45 5 0 586.6 598 233 10 205 222 3.57 .264 .325 .346 .671
June 30 28 .517 65 65 45 1 0 546.3 556 229 14 169 194 3.77 .267 .322 .370 .692
July 28 34 .452 65 65 49 2 0 537.3 574 262 12 177 194 4.39 .278 .335 .381 .716
August 30 26 .536 64 64 49 4 0 546.0 538 196 17 162 204 3.23 .257 .311 .367 .678
Sep/Oct 37 32 .536 73 73 63 7 0 620.3 639 226 14 205 236 3.28 .268 .326 .368 .694
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
1916 21 NYA AL 5 16 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .188 .188 .313 .500 0.8 0.0
1917 22 NYA AL 41 121 4 14 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 34 .116 .123 .140 .263 -1.8 0.0
1918 23 NYA AL 42 120 5 10 3 0 0 4 0 1 3 37 .083 .106 .108 .214 -4.3 0.0
1919 24 NYA AL 37 113 3 11 5 0 0 4 0 0 1 28 .097 .104 .142 .246 -2.3 0.0
1920 25 NYA AL 40 118 2 9 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 25 .076 .084 .102 .186 -4.6 0.0
1921 26 NYA AL 38 114 9 11 3 1 1 6 0 0 0 19 .096 .096 .167 .263 -2.2 0.0
1922 27 NYA AL 16 50 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .080 .080 .080 .160 -2.0 0.0
  CIN NL 21 59 6 7 3 2 0 4 0 0 2 9 .119 .148 .237 .385 1.0 0.0
  TOT   37 109 9 11 3 2 0 6 0 0 2 22 .101 .117 .165 .282 -1.0 0.0
1923 28 CIN NL 39 111 6 11 5 0 0 6 0 0 4 24 .099 .130 .144 .275 -1.0 0.0
1924 29 CIN NL 19 53 5 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .132 .164 .170 .333 0.8 0.0
1925 30 CIN NL 40 127 12 13 2 1 0 6 0 0 0 20 .102 .102 .134 .236 -3.9 0.0
1926 31 PHI NL 38 109 4 5 4 0 0 6 0 0 2 17 .046 .063 .083 .145 -4.8 0.0
11 Years Sim 376 1111 60 105 35 4 1 48 0 1 14 237 .095 .107 .136 .243 -24.3 0.0
162 Game Average 478 25 45 15 1 0 20 0 0 6 102 .095 .107 .136 .243 -10.5  
Career Highs 42 127 12 14 5 2 1 6 0 1 4 37 .188 .188 .313 .500 0.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   838 47 77 28 4 1 37 0 1 13 168 .092 .108 .138 .246 -21.2
vs LH   273 13 28 7 0 0 11 0 0 1 69 .103 .105 .128 .233 -7.6
Home 190 551 31 46 19 1 1 24 0 1 6 110 .083 .096 .127 .223 -18.1
Away 186 560 29 59 16 3 0 24 0 0 8 127 .105 .118 .145 .263 -10.7
RISP   287 0 22 8 0 0 45 0 0 4 65 .077 .089 .105 .193 -11.3
Close/Late   123 8 19 6 1 0 8 0 0 2 28 .154 .173 .220 .393 2.1
Mar/Apr 39 113 9 14 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 22 .124 .132 .133 .264 -1.9
May 70 202 7 19 5 0 0 9 0 0 2 49 .094 .103 .119 .222 -6.3
June 65 193 13 20 8 1 1 10 0 0 2 45 .104 .121 .171 .292 -2.7
July 65 184 7 15 6 1 0 9 0 0 2 37 .082 .091 .125 .216 -6.2
August 64 191 10 15 5 2 0 4 0 1 3 32 .079 .093 .126 .218 -6.5
Sep/Oct 73 228 14 22 10 0 0 9 0 0 4 52 .096 .112 .140 .252 -5.2
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    
1916 21 NYA AL P 5 5 42.7 4 12 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1917 22 NYA AL P 41 41 352.3 24 87 10 6 .917 2.84    
1918 23 NYA AL P 42 42 351.3 16 84 2 1 .980 2.56    
1919 24 NYA AL P 37 37 312.0 21 72 5 7 .949 2.68    
1920 25 NYA AL P 40 40 341.3 33 77 6 2 .948 2.90    
1921 26 NYA AL P 38 38 314.7 22 78 2 4 .980 2.86    
1922 27 NYA AL P 16 16 137.7 9 34 1 2 .977 2.81    
  CIN NL P 21 21 168.3 12 42 1 2 .982 2.89    
  TOT   P 37 37 306.0 21 76 2 4 .980 2.85    
1923 28 CIN NL P 39 39 329.0 24 61 3 3 .966 2.33    
1924 29 CIN NL P 19 19 162.7 16 36 3 3 .945 2.88    
1925 30 CIN NL P 40 40 335.0 22 77 5 6 .952 2.66    
1926 31 PHI NL P 38 38 316.7 23 61 1 4 .988 2.39    
Career Totals   376 376 3163.6 226 721 39 40 .960 2.69    
Career Highs   42 42 352.3 33 87 10 7 1.000 3.38    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1923 28 CIN NL 3 1 .750 5 5 4 1 0 44.0 46 6 0 11 13 1.23 .271 .315 .329 .644
1925 30 CIN NL 1 2 .333 4 4 2 0 0 33.3 50 23 1 11 9 6.21 .338 .384 .426 .809
1926 31 PHI NL 0 2 .000 4 4 2 0 0 27.0 44 24 2 6 7 8.00 .355 .385 .508 .893
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 5 .444 13 13 8 1 0 104.3 140 53 3 28 29 4.57 .317 .357 .412 .769
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
1923 28 CIN NL 5 18 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333
1925 30 CIN NL 4 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .091 .000 .091
1926 31 PHI NL 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 13 37 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .081 .105 .081 .186
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1920-1-2.66
1921-8-4.18
1922-4-3.64
1923-9-3.94
1925-2-3.57
 Wins
1920-3-24
1921-7-16
1923-8-19
1925-7-20
1926-1-25
CAR-34-177
 Losses
1917-1-23
1918-2-22
1919-1-21
1921-2-17
CAR-30-165
 Winning Pct
1920-6-.632
1922-7-.625
1925-10-.571
1926-2-.676
 Games Pitched
1917-5-41
1918-2-42
1919-5-37
1920-6-40
1921-4-38
1925-8-40
 Games Started
1917-4-41
1918-1-42
1919-5-37
1920-5-40
1921-2-38
1923-7-39
1925-3-40
1926-9-38
CAR-39-376
Complete Games
1917-5-30
1918-7-30
1919-6-28
1920-9-29
1921-8-24
1923-8-28
1925-2-29
1926-10-25
CAR-31-269
 Shutouts
1921-9-1
1922-10-1
1923-1-5
1924-7-1
1925-1-6
CAR-41-20
 Innings Pitched
1917-5-352.3
1918-6-351.3
1919-7-312.0
1920-6-341.3
1921-5-314.7
1923-8-329.0
1925-2-335.0
1926-9-316.7
CAR-37-3163.6
 Hits Allowed
1917-5-320
1918-5-337
1919-2-354
1921-6-345
1923-3-356
1925-4-350
1926-8-328
CAR-35-3201
 Homeruns Allowed
1917-8-8
1918-1-14
CAR-38-75
 Strikeouts
1917-8-141
1918-7-155
1919-7-139
1920-10-114
1921-10-101
1923-10-111
1925-8-103
1926-7-93
Walks Allowed
1917-5-123
1918-2-141
1919-4-94
1921-3-100
1923-9-103
1926-8-109
CAR-23-1012
 Walks per 9IP
1923-10-2.8
 Hits per 9IP
1920-4-8.4
1921-8-9.9
1922-2-8.7
1924-4-9.4
1925-9-9.4
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1918-10-4.0
1919-8-4.0
 WHiP
1920-3-1.20
1921-10-1.41
1922-3-1.25
1923-10-1.40
1924-8-1.37
1925-4-1.32
 OAVG
1920-4-.252
1921-8-.281
1922-2-.252
1924-4-.264
1925-9-.269
OOBP
1920-4-.302
1921-10-.336
1922-3-.304
1924-7-.324
1925-5-.321
 OSLG
1920-3-.337
1922-1-.356
1923-8-.366
1924-3-.342
1925-2-.343
1926-9-.361
 OOPS
1920-2-.639
1922-1-.659
1923-7-.702
1924-4-.666
1925-2-.664
1926-8-.689
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 39)
   Gray Ink Test: 159    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 221)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 60    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 111)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by New York (A) in 1914
Injured on 4/26/1915 with a Strained Left Groin, out for 5 weeks
Earned first career win on 9/14/1916
Had first career hit on 9/18/1916, off Tom Hughes (BOS)
2/18/1920: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,307,143 through salary arbitration
2/18/1921: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,178,571 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 6/17/1921, off George Baumgardner (CLE)
Won Player of the Week award on 10/3/1921, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
2/12/1922: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,178,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (A) to Cincinnati on 6/16/1922 (Going to CIN: P George Ruth. Going to NYA: P Bill Burwell, P Joe Genewich, P Tim McNamara)
7/1/1922: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $7,230,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 9/3/1922 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1923
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1925, going 4-0, 1.00
Won Player of the Week award on 5/25/1925, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
8/16/1925: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $10,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Cincinnati to Philadelphia (N) on 2/13/1926 (Going to PHI: P George Ruth. Going to CIN: P Trade AQ Bait)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/13/1926, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won World Series with Philadelphia (N) in 1926
 
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