Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Nevertheless, James theorized that Ruth's 1920 explosion might have happened in 1919, had a full season of 154 games been played rather than 140, had Ruth refrained from pitching 133 innings that season, and if he were playing at any other home field but Fenway Park, where he hit only 9 of 29 home runs.
Several other players have achieved this since; only Ruth has achieved it twice. Total bases, 4-game series: 22 (1928) Total bases, game: 12, twice. 12, at St. Louis Cardinals, October 6, 1926 (3 HR) 12, at St. Louis Cardinals, October 9, 1928 (3 HR) Also achieved by Reggie Jackson on October 18, 1977 (3 HR vs. Los Angeles Dodgers)
During the ten seasons (1925–1934) in which Gehrig and Ruth were teammates and next to each other in the batting order and played a majority of the games, Gehrig had more home runs than Ruth only once, in 1934 (Ruth's last year with the Yankees, as a 39-year-old), when he hit 49 to Ruth's 22 (Ruth played 125 games that year, and a handful in ...
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.
On August 11, 1929 -- 85 years ago today -- George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. became the first baseball player to hit 500 career home runs when he hit the first ball pitched by Willis Hudlin that ...
From 1903 to 2024, the franchise has won more than 10,000 games and 27 World Series championships. [2] The list below documents players and teams that hold particular club records. Outfielder Babe Ruth holds the most franchise records, with 16, including career home runs , and career and single-season batting average and on-base percentage .
Ruth’s team beat the Erie Moose Club, 15-1, and Ruth went 3-for-5 himself, including a long home run to right field. Roosevelt School is shown beyond Ainsworth Field's right-field fence in 2017.
Player RBI 1 Hank Aaron* 2,297 2 Albert Pujols: 2,218 3 Babe Ruth* 2,214 4 Alex Rodriguez: 2,086 5 Barry Bonds: 1,996 6 Lou Gehrig* 1,995 7 Stan Musial* 1,951 8 Ty Cobb* 1,944 9 Jimmie Foxx* 1,922 10 Eddie Murray* 1,917 11 Willie Mays* 1,909 12 Miguel Cabrera: 1,881 13 Cap Anson* 1,879 14 Mel Ott* 1,860 15 Carl Yastrzemski* 1,844 16 Ted ...