A year later Ruth hit 54 home runs, breaking his own record as the all-time single-season home run leader and became the first player to hit over 50 home runs in a season. The very next year, he hit 59 home runs, breaking his own record yet again.
Finally, in , The Sultan of Swat hit 60 home runs, breaking the mark and establishing a plateau that was legendary for decades. Currently, Ruth still holds records for most home runs in any decade in the s , fastest player to hit home runs 2, games and fastest player to hit home runs 2, games.
Babe Ruth the "best left-handed pitcher in baseball": Ruth was with a 2. Ruth still holds pitching records for most shutouts in a season by a lefty with 9 tied by Ron Guidry in and most innings pitched 14 in a World Series game, on October 9, , a complete game victory. Babe Ruth the "postseason prince": Ruth set World Series records with 3 homers in a game and did it twice and 12 total bases in a game. His 15 postseason home runs, all hit during World Series games, were a record until Mickey Mantle tied him in then eventually passed him in And let us never forget the World Series , legendary and debatable still to this day, courtesy of "The Called Shot".
Babe Ruth the "hall of fame legend": Ruth was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on February 2, , by the Baseball Writers Association of America, as part of the inaugural class of inductees. Orville Jorgens was now pitching for the Phillies. He walked Moore who moved into scoring position on a sacrifice by Mallon. Moore scored when Whitney hit a deep single to left field. With the score , it looked like the Braves might win their second consecutive game.
But the Phillies bats came back alive in the bottom of the eighth inning. First Frankhouse walked Camilli. Then Mickey Haslin singled to center. Chiozza singled both runners home.
Al Todd hit the ball to Frankhouse, forcing Chiozza out at second. Then Johnny Vergez hit a ground ball to the shortstop who threw the ball wild as he tried to get the force out on Todd.
Todd ended up on third. Jimmie Wilson then laid down a perfect squeeze bunt to score Todd. Ethan Allen hit the ball to Billy Urbanski at short.
Urbanski threw to Mallon to get the lead runner but then Mallon threw the ball into the dugout when he tried to turn the double play.
Vergez scored and Allen ended up on second. George Watkins doubled in Allen. Frankhouse then walked Moore and gave up a single to Camilli to score Watkins. Frankhouse struggled to get the third out. Cantwell gave up a double to Haslin to score Moore.
Cantwell walked Chiozza to load the bases before getting Todd to fly out to center for the elusive third out. By the time that the inning ended, the Phillies scored seven runs and grabbed the lead The Braves had run out of steam.
To this day, Ruth still owns the highest slugging percentage. The team that Ruth played for was a minor-league club, which began in after the big-league team was relocated to New York, the team that would eventually become the New York Yankees. Ruth joined the Orioles in Known for being both a great hitter and pitcher, he played very well. However, due to financial issues, Orioles owner and manager Jack Dunn was forced to sell off his biggest assets, including Babe Ruth, who was sold to the Boston Red Sox, one of the only teams that could afford him.
Utilized as both a pitcher and hitter, Ruth won his first start but went 0-for-2 in his debut as a hitter. Most of the attention at that time was on the crosstown Boston Braves, who would go on to win the World Series.
Ruth was even sent to the minors at one point in , appearing with the Providence Grays of the International League, helping the team to a first-place finish while also learning more about pitching. Ruth rejoined the Red Sox late in the season and earned a win against the New York Yankees and also got his first hit in the majors. Hall of Fame : Inducted as Player in Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during season.
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