Babe Ruth Career Stats | Key MLB Metrics (1914

Babe Ruth made their MLB debut in 1914 and appeared in 2,503 games over 22 seasons. They posted a batting average of 0.342, OPS of 1.164, hit 714 HRs, and recorded 162.2 WAR. They rank 3th all-time in HRs and 2th in WAR.

📊 Career Summary

Babe Ruth made their MLB debut in 1914 and played in 2,503 games over 22 seasons.
Below are key cumulative stats along with their respective all-time MLB ranks.

G	2,503 (MLB Rank: 59)
AB	8,399 (MLB Rank: 116)
H	2,873 (MLB Rank: 46)
BA	0.342 (MLB Rank: 616)
2B	506 (MLB Rank: 60)
3B	136 (MLB Rank: 71)
HR	714 (MLB Rank: 3)
RBI	2214 (MLB Rank: 3)
R	2174 (MLB Rank: 4)
BB	2062 (MLB Rank: 3)
OBP	0.474 (MLB Rank: 594)
SLG	0.690 (MLB Rank: 231)
OPS	1.164 (MLB Rank: 265)
SB	123 (MLB Rank: 737)
SO	1,330 (MLB Rank: 153)
GIDP	2 (MLB Rank: 6,162)
CS	116 (MLB Rank: 79)
Rbat+	204 (MLB Rank: 377)
WAR	162.2 (MLB Rank: 2)

Babe Ruth Year-by-Year Stat Trends

This chart visualizes Babe Ruth's seasonal trends in HR, H, and BA.

Parsing Data

Data Source: Baseball Reference

Image Source: Wikipedia

📊 Last Season Summary (1935)

In 1935, Babe Ruth played in 28 games and posted the following stats:

G	28
AB	72
H	13
BA	0.181
2B	0
3B	0
HR	6
RBI	12
R	13
BB	20
OBP	0.359
SLG	0.431
OPS	0.789
SB	0
SO	24
GIDP	2
Rbat+	121
WAR	0.1

📈 Peak Seasons

Here are Babe Ruth's best seasons by category:

Most HR in a season: 1927, 60 HR
Most H in a season: 1923, 205 H
Most RBI in a season: 1921, 168 RBI
Most SB in a season: 1921, 17 SB
Best BA in a season: 1923, 0.393 BA
Best OBP in a season: 1923, 0.545 OBP
Best SLG in a season: 1920, 0.847 SLG
Best OPS in a season: 1920, 1.379 OPS
Best WAR in a season: 1923, 14.1 WAR

🎯 Postseason Stats

Babe Ruth appeared in 41 postseason games. In those games, they recorded a batting average of 0.326, OBP of 0.470, SLG of 0.744, and OPS of 1.214. They also tallied 15 HR, 42 H, 33 RBI, and 4 SB.

Babe Ruth Career Stat Summary

season	H	HR	RBI	BA	R	OPS	WAR	OBP	SLG	PA	BB	SO	2B	3B	TB	rOBA	Rbat+	OPS+	G	HBP	IBB	SB	CS	SH	AB
1914	2	0	0	0.2	1	0.5	0	0.2	0.3	10	0	4	1	0	3	0.226	29	50	5	0	0	0	0	0	10
1915	29	4	20	0.315	16	0.952	1.7	0.376	0.576	103	9	23	10	1	53	0.451	179	189	42	0	0	0	0	2	92
1916	37	3	16	0.272	18	0.741	1.6	0.322	0.419	152	10	23	5	3	57	0.361	119	122	67	0	0	0	0	4	136
1917	40	2	14	0.325	14	0.857	2.1	0.385	0.472	142	12	18	6	3	58	0.418	165	162	52	0	0	0	0	7	123
1918	95	11	61	0.3	50	0.966	4.7	0.411	0.555	382	58	58	26	11	176	0.462	192	192	95	2	0	6	0	3	317
1919	139	29	113	0.322	103	1.114	9.1	0.456	0.657	544	101	58	34	12	284	0.509	217	217	130	6	0	7	0	3	432
1920	172	54	135	0.376	158	1.379	11.9	0.532	0.847	617	150	80	36	9	388	0.587	248	255	142	3	0	14	14	5	458
1921	204	59	168	0.378	177	1.359	12.8	0.512	0.846	693	145	81	44	16	457	0.571	233	239	152	4	0	17	13	4	540
1922	128	35	96	0.315	94	1.106	6.4	0.434	0.672	496	84	80	24	8	273	0.481	181	182	110	1	0	2	5	4	406
1923	205	41	130	0.393	151	1.309	14.1	0.545	0.764	699	170	93	45	13	399	0.565	236	239	152	4	0	17	21	3	522
1924	200	46	124	0.378	143	1.252	11.4	0.513	0.739	681	142	81	39	7	391	0.535	218	220	153	4	28	9	13	6	529
1925	104	25	67	0.29	61	0.936	3.5	0.393	0.543	426	59	68	12	2	195	0.416	134	137	98	2	1	2	4	6	359
1926	184	47	153	0.372	139	1.253	11.4	0.516	0.737	652	144	76	30	5	365	0.544	227	226	152	3	13	11	9	10	495
1927	192	60	165	0.356	158	1.258	12.6	0.486	0.772	691	137	89	29	8	417	0.542	221	225	151	0	3	7	5	14	540
1928	173	54	146	0.323	163	1.172	10.2	0.463	0.709	684	137	87	29	8	380	0.503	204	206	154	3	8	4	5	8	536
1929	172	46	154	0.345	121	1.128	8.1	0.43	0.697	588	72	60	26	6	348	0.487	193	193	135	3	5	5	3	14	499
1930	186	49	153	0.359	150	1.225	10.3	0.493	0.732	676	136	61	28	9	379	0.515	209	211	145	1	8	10	10	21	518
1931	199	46	162	0.373	149	1.195	10.5	0.495	0.7	663	128	51	31	3	374	0.521	214	218	145	1	5	5	4	0	534
1932	156	41	137	0.341	120	1.15	8.5	0.489	0.661	589	130	62	13	5	302	0.5	199	201	133	2	4	2	2	0	457
1933	138	34	104	0.301	97	1.023	6.2	0.442	0.582	576	114	90	21	3	267	0.453	174	176	137	2	3	4	5	0	459

Babe Ruth Career Stats & Summary