Babe Ruth's Hall of Fame Biography
Babe's StatisticsBio
George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American original, baseball's first great slugger and the most celebrated athlete of his time. The southpaw hurler debuted with the Red Sox, winning 89 games in six years while setting the World Series record for consecutive scoreless innings. "The Sultan of Swat" converted to the outfield full-time after his sale to the Yankees in 1920 and led New York to seven American League pennants and four World Series titles. He finished with 714 home runs, leading the league 12 times, including a remarkable 60 round-trippers in 1927.
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Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP
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1914 19 BOS AL 5 10 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 .200 .200 .300 3 0 0
1915 20 BOS AL 42 92 16 29 10 1 4 21 0 9 23 .315 .376 .576 53 2 0
1916 21 BOS AL 67 136 18 37 5 3 3 15 0 10 23 .272 .322 .419 57 4 0
1917 22 BOS AL 52 123 14 40 6 3 2 12 0 12 18 .325 .385 .472 58 7 0
1918 23 BOS AL 95 317 50 95 26 11 11 66 6 58 58 .300 .411 .555 176 3 2
1919 24 BOS AL 130 432 103 139 34 12 29 114 7 101 58 .322 .456 .657 284 3 6
1920 25 NYY AL 142 457 158 172 36 9 54 137 14 14 150 80 .376 .533 .849 388 5 3
1921 26 NYY AL 152 540 177 204 44 16 59 171 17 13 145 81 .378 .512 .846 457 4 4
1922 27 NYY AL 110 406 94 128 24 8 35 99 2 5 84 80 .315 .434 .672 273 4 1
1923 28 NYY AL 152 522 151 205 45 13 41 131 17 21 170 93 .393 .545 .764 399 3 4 MVP-1
1924 29 NYY AL 153 529 143 200 39 7 46 121 9 13 142 81 .378 .513 .739 391 6 4
1925 30 NYY AL 98 359 61 104 12 2 25 66 2 4 59 68 .290 .393 .543 195 6 2
1926 31 NYY AL 152 495 139 184 30 5 47 150 11 9 144 76 .372 .516 .737 365 10 3
1927 32 NYY AL 151 540 158 192 29 8 60 164 7 6 137 89 .356 .486 .772 417 14 0
1928 33 NYY AL 154 536 163 173 29 8 54 142 4 5 137 87 .323 .463 .709 380 8 3
1929 34 NYY AL 135 499 121 172 26 6 46 154 5 3 72 60 .345 .430 .697 348 13 3
1930 35 NYY AL 145 518 150 186 28 9 49 153 10 10 136 61 .359 .493 .732 379 21 1
1931 36 NYY AL 145 534 149 199 31 3 46 163 5 4 128 51 .373 .495 .700 374 0 1 MVP-5
1932 37 NYY AL 133 457 120 156 13 5 41 137 2 2 130 62 .341 .489 .661 302 0 2 MVP-6
1933 38 NYY AL 137 459 97 138 21 3 34 103 4 5 114 90 .301 .442 .582 267 0 2 AS
1934 39 NYY AL 125 365 78 105 17 4 22 84 1 3 104 63 .288 .448 .537 196 0 2 AS
1935 40 BSN NL 28 72 13 13 0 0 6 12 0 20 24 .181 .359 .431 31 0 0 2
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22 Seasons 8398 2873 136 2217 117 1330 .342 .474 .690 113 0 0 43 2
2503 2174 506 714 123 2062 5793
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162 Game Avg 544 141 186 33 9 46 143 8 8 133 86 .342 .474 .690 375 7 0 0 3 0
Career High 154 540 177 205 45 16 60 171 17 21 170 93 .393 .545 .849 457 21 0 0 6 2
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Lefty Grove's Hall of Fame Biography
High-strung Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove was the backbone of the Philadelphia Athletics' dynasty of 1929 to 1931, with an astonishing 79-15 record over those three Triple Crown seasons. He topped the American League in wins four times, winning percentage five times and strikeouts seven consecutive times. Most impressive, are his nine ERA titles, easily the greatest total in history. He won 112 games for the minor-league Baltimore Orioles, in addition to his 300 major-league victories.
Grove's Statistics
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Year Ag Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP BFP IBB BK ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
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1925 25 PHA AL 10 12 45 18 5 0 12 1 197.0 207 120 104 11 131 116 5 9 908 0 4.75 4.65 98 1.716
1926 26 PHA AL 13 13 45 33 20 1 9 6 258.0 227 97 72 6 101 194 6 5 1072 0 2.51 4.18 166 1.271 MVP-8
1927 27 PHA AL 20 13 51 28 14 1 18 9 262.3 251 116 93 6 79 174 2 5 1106 1 3.19 4.26 133 1.258
1928 28 PHA AL 24 8 39 31 24 4 6 4 261.7 228 93 75 10 64 183 1 4 1075 0 2.58 4.00 155 1.116
1929 29 PHA AL 20 6 42 37 19 2 5 4 275.3 278 104 86 8 81 170 3 8 1168 0 2.81 4.24 151 1.304
1930 30 PHA AL 28 5 50 32 22 2 17 9 291.0 273 101 82 8 60 209 5 2 1191 0 2.54 4.69 185 1.144
1931 31 PHA AL 31 4 41 30 27 4 10 5 288.7 249 84 66 10 62 175 1 2 1160 0 2.06 4.51 219 1.077 MVP-1
1932 32 PHA AL 25 10 44 30 27 4 13 7 291.7 269 101 92 13 79 188 1 0 1207 0 2.84 4.52 159 1.193 MVP-14
1933 33 PHA AL 24 8 45 28 21 2 16 6 275.3 280 113 98 12 83 114 4 1 1173 0 3.20 4.28 134 1.318 MVP-5,AS
1934 34 BOS AL 8 8 22 12 5 0 6 0 109.3 149 84 79 5 32 43 1 1 506 0 6.50 4.81 74 1.655
1935 35 BOS AL 20 12 35 30 23 2 4 1 273.0 269 105 82 6 65 121 3 2 1137 0 2.70 4.77 176 1.223 MVP-14,AS
1936 36 BOS AL 17 12 35 30 22 6 3 2 253.3 237 90 79 14 65 130 4 0 1049 0 2.81 5.34 190 1.192 MVP-15,AS
1937 37 BOS AL 17 9 32 32 21 3 0 0 262.0 269 101 88 9 83 153 1 5 1127 0 3.02 4.76 158 1.344 AS
1938 38 BOS AL 14 4 24 21 12 1 3 1 163.7 169 65 56 8 52 99 1 3 706 0 3.08 4.93 160 1.350 MVP-21,AS
1939 39 BOS AL 15 4 23 23 17 2 0 0 191.0 180 63 54 8 58 81 1 0 798 0 2.54 4.71 185 1.246 MVP-15,AS
1940 40 BOS AL 7 6 22 21 9 1 1 0 153.3 159 73 68 20 50 62 1 1 652 0 3.99 4.51 113 1.363
1941 41 BOS AL 7 7 21 21 10 0 0 0 134.0 155 84 65 8 42 54 2 3 598 0 4.37 4.19 96 1.470
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17 Yr WL% .680 300 141 616 457 298 35 123 55 3940.7 3849 1594 1339 162 1187 2266 42 51 16633 1 3.06 4.54 148 1.278
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162 Game Avg 19 8 39 28 18 2 7 3 249.7 243 101 84 10 75 143 2 3 1054 0 0 3.06 4.54 148 1.278
Career High 31 13 51 37 27 6 18 9 291.7 280 120 104 20 131 209 6 9 1207 0 1 2.06 5.34 219 1.077Most Similar Pitchers
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