Ads
related to: babe ruth records held
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
At the time of his retirement, Ruth held many of baseball's most esteemed records, including the career records for home runs (714 — since broken), slugging percentage (0.690), runs batted in (2,213 — since broken), bases on balls (2,062 — since broken) and on-base plus slugging (1.164). At the time of his retirement, Ruth held many more ...
George Herman "Babe" Ruth (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935.
Ruth's major-league record slugging percentage (total bases / at bats) of .847 stood for the next 80 years. 59, by Ruth, New York (AL), 1921 (154-game schedule) Ruth's slugging percentage was just .001 less than his record-setting average the previous year. 60, by Ruth, New York (AL), 1927 (154-game schedule)
Editor's Note: We're hosting a one-day $100,000 fantasy baseball league on FanDuel. It's only $5 to join and first place wins $10,000. Enter by Friday at 7:05pm ET (July 17th). Here's the link.
The following is a chronology of the top ten leaders in lifetime home runs in Major League Baseball.This includes any home runs hit by a player during official regular season games (i.e., excluding playoffs or exhibition games) in the National Association (1871–1875), National League (since 1876), the American Association (1882–1891), the Union Association (1884), the Players' League (1890 ...
Dallas-based Heritage Auctions said the jersey achieved the record — previously held by a 1952 Mickey Mantle baseball card that fetched $12.6 million in ... a Babe Ruth jersey from 1928-1930 ...
The jersey Ruth wore in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, when he legendarily "called his shot" and homered off Chicago Cubs pitcher Charlie Root, sold at auction Saturday night for $24.12 million ...
Barry Bonds holds the Major League Baseball home run record with 762. [a] He passed Hank Aaron, who hit 755, on August 7, 2007. The only other players to have hit 700 or more are Babe Ruth with 714, and Albert Pujols with 703.