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Babe Ruth

Bats: L   Throws: L   Born: February 6, 1895

Career Batting Statistics     Glossary     Baseball-Reference.com

Year    PA  AVG  OBP  SLG *OPS+  RC RC/27 *OWP *EQA *EQR  *WAR  *WAA  *WAP
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1914    10 .200 .200 .300   67    0  0.00 .000 .229    1   0.0  -0.0   0.1
1915   103 .315 .376 .576  188   19  7.84 .817 .345   22   1.4   1.2   1.8
1916   150 .272 .322 .419  122   19  5.00 .648 .277   20   0.8   0.4   1.4
1917   142 .325 .385 .472  161   23  6.92 .786 .320   24   1.4   1.0   1.8
1918   380 .300 .411 .555  196   73  8.83 .856 .347   79   5.2   4.2   3.2
1919   542 .322 .456 .657  225  126 11.45 .900 .380  130   9.3   8.0   7.0
1920   616 .376 .532 .847  252  180 15.83 .912 .416  167  12.9  11.4  10.8
1921   693 .378 .512 .846  237  203 15.43 .896 .403  180  13.5  11.8  11.2
1922   495 .315 .434 .672  181  111 10.38 .820 .346  100   6.7   5.4   4.4
1923   699 .393 .545 .764  237  193 15.17 .906 .406  178  13.4  11.8  10.5
1924   681 .378 .513 .739  221  180 13.76 .885 .391  163  12.1  10.4   9.4
1925   426 .290 .393 .543  138   76  7.66 .690 .304   66   3.6   2.3   1.7
1926   652 .372 .516 .737  229  171 13.81 .900 .399  161  12.1  10.6   9.4
1927   691 .356 .486 .772  230  182 13.18 .884 .394  172  12.7  11.0   9.8
1928   684 .323 .463 .709  210  164 11.64 .864 .376  159  11.4   9.6   7.9
1929   587 .345 .430 .697  200  138 10.74 .841 .364  132   9.2   7.6   6.4
1930   676 .359 .493 .732  214  170 12.44 .851 .387  159  11.7  10.0   9.2
1931   663 .373 .495 .700  224  171 13.50 .887 .398  169  12.6  11.0   9.8
1932   589 .341 .489 .661  205  142 12.58 .865 .382  137  10.1   8.6   7.8
1933   575 .301 .442 .582  180  117  9.64 .808 .350  118   7.9   6.4   5.6
1934   471 .288 .448 .537  165   91  9.20 .789 .339   88   5.7   4.5   3.9
1935    92 .181 .359 .431  123   12  5.24 .590 .295   14   0.7   0.4   0.2
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Tot  10617 .342 .474 .690  209 2561 11.92 .865 .376 2439 174.3 147.3 133.3

Note: * indicates figure is era- and park-adjusted.

MVP Awards Shares (Rank)

1923: 1.00 ( 1)  1931: 0.50 ( 5)  1932: 0.33 ( 6)  

Similar Peaks - Wins Above Position

Name                  Y1   Y2   Y3   Y4   Y5   Y6   Y7   Y8   Y9  Y10
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Babe Ruth           11.2 10.8 10.5  9.8  9.8  9.4  9.4  9.2  7.9  7.8
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Rogers Hornsby      10.5  9.7  9.2   .    .    .    .    .    .    . 
Ted Williams        10.4  9.2  8.6   .    .    .    .    .    .    . 
Lou Gehrig           9.6  8.9  8.4   .    .    .    .    .    .    . 
Mickey Mantle        9.1  8.9  8.6   .    .    .    .    .    .    . 
Barry Bonds         12.6  8.9  7.8   .    .    .    .    .    .    . 
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Rogers Hornsby      10.5  9.7  9.2  8.4  8.4   .    .    .    .    . 
Ted Williams        10.4  9.2  8.6  8.3  8.1   .    .    .    .    . 
Lou Gehrig           9.6  8.9  8.4  8.2  7.8   .    .    .    .    . 
Barry Bonds         12.6  8.9  7.8  7.4  7.2   .    .    .    .    . 
Ty Cobb              9.0  8.3  8.3  7.5  7.0   .    .    .    .    . 
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Rogers Hornsby      10.5  9.7  9.2  8.4  8.4  8.2  6.8   .    .    . 
Ted Williams        10.4  9.2  8.6  8.3  8.1  8.0  7.3   .    .    . 
Lou Gehrig           9.6  8.9  8.4  8.2  7.8  6.6  6.4   .    .    . 
Barry Bonds         12.6  8.9  7.8  7.4  7.2  6.3  6.3   .    .    . 
Ty Cobb              9.0  8.3  8.3  7.5  7.0  7.0  6.0   .    .    . 
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Rogers Hornsby      10.5  9.7  9.2  8.4  8.4  8.2  6.8  6.7  5.6  5.5
Ted Williams        10.4  9.2  8.6  8.3  8.1  8.0  7.3  6.2  5.6  5.5
Lou Gehrig           9.6  8.9  8.4  8.2  7.8  6.6  6.4  6.4  6.0  5.5
Barry Bonds         12.6  8.9  7.8  7.4  7.2  6.3  6.3  6.0  5.6  5.2
Ty Cobb              9.0  8.3  8.3  7.5  7.0  7.0  6.0  5.2  4.9  4.9
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Career Pitching Statistics

Year     IP   W   L  PCT  SV   ERA *ERA+  ERC *ERC+ *PR+ *PWP  *WAR  *WAA
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1914   23.1   2   1 .667   0  3.90   69  2.80   95   -3  .340  -0.3  -0.5
1915  217.8  18   8 .692   0  2.44  114  2.18  128    8  .561   3.2   1.3
1916  323.7  23  12 .657   1  1.75  158  1.79  154   37  .691   8.7   5.9
1917  326.4  24  13 .649   2  2.01  128  1.90  136   21  .608   6.4   3.5
1918  166.3  13   7 .650   0  2.22  121  1.81  148    9  .584   3.0   1.5
1919  133.3   9   5 .643   1  2.97  102  4.08   74    1  .509   1.3   0.1
1920    4.0   1   0 1.00   0  4.55   85  2.40  161   -0  .423  -0.0  -0.0
1921    8.9   2   0 1.00   0  9.09   47 10.07   42   -5  .185  -0.5  -0.6
1930    8.9   1   0 1.00   0  3.03  144  3.92  111    1  .678   0.2   0.1
1933    8.9   1   0 1.00   0  5.05   78  4.94   80   -1  .377  -0.1  -0.1
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Tot  1221.3  94  46 .671   4  2.28  122  2.22  125   67  .597  21.9  11.1

Note: * indicates figure is era- and park-adjusted.

Similar Peaks - Wins Above Average

Name                  Y1   Y2   Y3   Y4   Y5   Y6   Y7   Y8   Y9  Y10
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Babe Ruth            5.9  3.5  1.5  1.3  0.1  0.1 -0.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0.6
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Howie Camnitz        5.7  3.5  1.8   .    .    .    .    .    .    .
Henry Boyle          5.2  3.5  1.8   .    .    .    .    .    .    .
Herb Score           5.4  3.4  0.8   .    .    .    .    .    .    .
Orval Overall        6.2  4.1  2.0   .    .    .    .    .    .    .
Jeff Tesreau         5.4  4.2  1.5   .    .    .    .    .    .    .
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Howie Camnitz        5.7  3.5  1.8  1.1  0.9   .    .    .    .    .
George McQuillan     6.4  3.8  2.1  1.4  0.3   .    .    .    .    .
Jeff Tesreau         5.4  4.2  1.5  1.4  0.4   .    .    .    .    .
Orval Overall        6.2  4.1  2.0  1.9  0.4   .    .    .    .    .
Reb Russell          5.6  2.5  1.6  1.4  0.4   .    .    .    .    .
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Howie Camnitz        5.7  3.5  1.8  1.1  0.9  0.1 -0.4   .    .    .
George McQuillan     6.4  3.8  2.1  1.4  0.3  0.3 -0.1   .    .    .
Orval Overall        6.2  4.1  2.0  1.9  0.4 -0.2 -0.5   .    .    .
Reb Russell          5.6  2.5  1.6  1.4  0.4  0.0 -0.8   .    .    .
Harry Coveleski      5.0  2.9  1.6  1.0  1.0  0.0 -0.3   .    .    .
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Howie Camnitz        5.7  3.5  1.8  1.1  0.9  0.1 -0.4 -0.5 -0.7 -1.5
Pat Hentgen          6.0  2.9  2.8  1.2  0.6  0.2  0.1 -0.3 -0.8 -1.1
Mike Scott           5.5  2.2  1.3  0.9  0.5 -0.3 -0.3 -0.7 -0.8 -0.9
Allen Sothoron       4.7  3.1  0.9  0.6  0.4 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4 -0.8 -1.1
Al Maul              5.3  4.1  0.6  0.5 -0.0 -0.3 -0.3 -0.5 -1.1 -1.3
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