Babe Ruth Marquee Hall of Fame 1936

b. February 6, 1895 · Boston Red Sox 1914–1919, New York Yankees 1920–1934, Boston Braves 1935

Babe Ruth arrived in the majors in 1914 as a pitcher, and a very good one: 94 wins against 46 losses with a 2.28 earned run average, 107 complete games in 148 starts, and a no-hitter in 1917. Boston sold him to New York after the 1919 season. He spent the next fifteen years in the Yankees outfield.

What he did there changed what the sport was for. Before Ruth, a season of ten home runs led the league and runs were manufactured a base at a time. He hit 714 of them, drove in 2,217 runs, and batted .342 across 2,503 games, and for a stretch in the 1920s he hit more home runs by himself than entire teams did. The swing became the point of the game.

He was among the first five men elected to the Hall of Fame, in 1936. This archive has him at three clubs across 22 seasons, closing with 28 games for the Boston Braves in 1935 — and holds his 1917 no-hitter, which is the part of him people forget.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	2	1933, 1934
Baseball Magazine All-Star	14	1916, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932
The Sporting News All-Star	6	1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931
Most Valuable Player	1	1923

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1914	BOS	5	10	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	.200
1915	BOS	42	92	16	29	10	1	4	21	9	23	0	.315
1916	BOS	67	136	18	37	5	3	3	15	10	23	0	.272
1917	BOS	52	123	14	40	6	3	2	12	12	18	0	.325
1918	BOS	95	317	50	95	26	11	11	66	58	58	6	.300
1919	BOS	130	432	103	139	34	12	29	114	101	58	7	.322
1920	NYY	142	457	158	172	36	9	54	137	150	80	14	.376
1921	NYY	152	540	177	204	44	16	59	171	145	81	17	.378
1922	NYY	110	406	94	128	24	8	35	99	84	80	2	.315
1923	NYY	152	522	151	205	45	13	41	131	170	93	17	.393
1924	NYY	153	529	143	200	39	7	46	121	142	81	9	.378
1925	NYY	98	359	61	104	12	2	25	66	59	68	2	.290
1926	NYY	152	495	139	184	30	5	47	150	144	76	11	.372
1927	NYY	151	540	158	192	29	8	60	164	137	89	7	.356
1928	NYY	154	536	163	173	29	8	54	142	137	87	4	.323
1929	NYY	135	499	121	172	26	6	46	154	72	60	5	.345
1930	NYY	145	518	150	186	28	9	49	153	136	61	10	.359
1931	NYY	145	534	149	199	31	3	46	163	128	51	5	.373
1932	NYY	133	457	120	156	13	5	41	137	130	62	2	.341
1933	NYY	137	459	97	138	21	3	34	103	114	90	4	.301
1934	NYY	125	365	78	105	17	4	22	84	104	63	1	.288
1935	BSN	28	72	13	13	0	0	6	12	20	24	0	.181
Career	—	2503	8398	2174	2873	506	136	714	2217	2062	1330	123	.342

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1914	BOS	2	1	4	3	0	23.0	21	10	7	3	3.91
1915	BOS	18	8	32	28	0	217.2	166	59	85	112	2.44
1916	BOS	23	12	44	41	1	323.2	230	63	118	170	1.75
1917	BOS	24	13	41	38	2	326.1	244	73	108	128	2.01
1918	BOS	13	7	20	19	0	166.1	125	41	49	40	2.22
1919	BOS	9	5	17	15	1	133.1	148	44	58	30	2.97
1920	NYY	1	0	1	1	0	4.0	3	2	2	0	4.50
1921	NYY	2	0	2	1	0	9.0	14	9	9	2	9.00
1930	NYY	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	11	3	2	3	3.00
1933	NYY	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	12	5	3	0	5.00
Career	—	94	46	163	148	4	1221.1	974	309	441	488	2.28

On this day & linked events

1895

Born February 6, 1895

Baltimore, MD, USA

1948

Died August 16, 1948

1914

Major-league debut: Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth made a major-league debut on July 11, 1914.

1917

Boston Red Sox Combined No-Hitter, 1917

Babe Ruth and Ernie Shore threw a combined no-hitter for the Boston Red Sox against the Washington Senators on June 23, 1917, winning 4–0.

1929

Babe Ruth's 500th Home Run

Babe Ruth becomes the first player in Major League history to hit 500 career home runs, connecting at League Park in Cleveland.

1930

Babe Ruth's Three-Home-Run Game, 1930

Babe Ruth hit three home runs for the New York Yankees against the Philadelphia Athletics on May 21, 1930.

1935

Babe Ruth's Three-Home-Run Game, 1935

Babe Ruth hit three home runs for the Boston Braves against the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 25, 1935.

1935

Final major-league game: Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth played a final major-league game on May 30, 1935.

1936