Babe Ruth

1914–1935 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Boston Red Sox, BRS, Boston Braves, New York Yankees

2,504G

.342AVG

.474OBP

.690SLG

More career statistics

2,873H

714HR

2,213RBI

123SB

94–46W–L

1,221.1IP

488K

2.28ERA

148GS

4SV

19Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · At bats	8,399	8,401
Batting · Caught stealing	117	136
Batting · Doubles	506	507
Batting · Hit by pitch	43	44
Batting · Strikeouts	1,330	1,336
Batting · Plate appearances	10,617	10,625
Batting · Runs	2,174	2,175
Batting · RBI	2,213	2,215
Batting · Stolen bases	123	122
Batting · Walks	2,062	2,064
Pitching · Batters faced	4,896	4,990
Pitching · p er	309	314
Pitching · p gs	148	147
Pitching · p h	974	977
Pitching · p k	488	499
Pitching · p r	400	398
Pitching · p w	441	450

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2,504	10,617	8,399	2,174	2,873	506	136	714	2,213	2,062	1,330	123	117	43	0	5,793	.342	.474	.690	1.164

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
1,221.3	163	148	107	94	46	4	974	400	309	10	441	488	0	0	2.28	1.159

Streaks

26longest hitting streak · 1921-07-28 to 1921-08-25

51longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
66	Three Intentional Walks	1918-06-16	1 in 1,129 games	box score ↗
66	13 scoreless innings	1916-08-15	1 in 6,007 pitcher-games	box score ↗
61	Five Runs Scored	1926-04-20	1 in 688 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	1253	5151	1398	347	1062	1045	615	.346	.474	.698
Away	1251	5474	1475	367	1153	1019	721	.338	.456	.682

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	192	811	207	48	170	151	110	.322	.441	.638
May	419	1797	467	133	382	354	226	.329	.457	.702
June	454	1936	529	141	413	416	258	.353	.488	.710
July	528	2261	653	147	484	435	262	.364	.481	.712
August	475	2012	527	124	398	394	247	.333	.458	.664
September	414	1731	470	115	350	302	223	.336	.446	.679
October	22	77	20	6	18	12	10	.308	.416	.677

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
cleveland-guardians	361	1511	405	92	278	349	176	.354	.499	.686
detroit-tigers	360	1562	413	123	342	318	189	.338	.468	.744
st-louis-browns	360	1541	425	96	326	303	216	.351	.472	.673
chicago-white-sox	354	1491	404	98	333	287	175	.340	.463	.680
washington-senators-1901-60	349	1457	395	89	294	239	197	.332	.435	.676
philadelphia-athletics	347	1487	416	108	322	281	195	.352	.469	.703
boston-red-sox	293	1290	347	90	273	240	139	.337	.455	.683
new-york-yankees	52	194	55	12	35	27	25	.337	.423	.663

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1914	Boston Red Sox	5	10	2	–	–	–	.200	22	2
1915	Boston Red Sox	42	93	29	4	20	–	.312	217	112
1916	Boston Red Sox	68	138	37	3	16	–	.268	323	169
1917	Boston Red Sox	52	123	40	2	14	–	.325	326	137
1918	Boston Red Sox	95	317	95	11	61	6	.300	167	43
1919	Boston Red Sox	130	432	139	29	112	7	.322	133	30
1920	New York Yankees	142	458	172	54	136	12	.376	4	–
1921	New York Yankees	152	541	204	59	168	17	.377	9	3
1922	New York Yankees	110	407	128	35	96	2	.314	–	–
1923	New York Yankees	152	520	205	41	130	17	.394	–	–
1924	New York Yankees	153	529	200	46	125	9	.378	–	–
1925	New York Yankees	98	359	104	25	67	2	.290	–	–
1926	New York Yankees	152	495	184	47	153	11	.372	–	–
1927	New York Yankees	151	540	192	60	165	7	.356	–	–
1928	New York Yankees	154	536	173	54	146	5	.323	–	–
1929	New York Yankees	135	498	172	46	154	5	.345	–	–
1930	New York Yankees	145	518	186	49	153	10	.359	9	3
1931	New York Yankees	145	534	199	46	162	5	.373	–	–
1932	New York Yankees	133	457	156	41	137	2	.341	–	–
1933	New York Yankees	137	459	138	34	104	4	.301	9	–
1934	New York Yankees	125	365	105	22	84	1	.288	–	–
1935	Boston Braves	28	72	13	6	12	–	.181	–	–