This Ridiculous Babe Ruth Statistic Still Makes No Sense

Babe Ruth was arguably one of the greatest players to ever grace the game. Some even put him up there as the greatest of all time. And while that take may be up for debate, the stat line never lies. The New York Yankees’ outfielder was undoubtedly host to some of the greatest stat lines ever mentioned in the history of the sport. With the player spending a majority of his career in pinstripes, the Bronx rest glad that the records were for them and not against them.

Babe Ruth was perhaps one of the most influential players of all time. Many even credit him with making baseball an entertainment sport thanks to his power-hitting. Only one of the 4 featured players at Memorial Park for the Yankees, Ruth was clearly something. But some of his stats just put the rest of us at a loss.

Babe Ruth and his crazy statistics

In a recent Twitter thread, a user revealed dominant runs throughout the sport. But obviously, he covered Babe Ruth’s run in the 1920s with the Yankees.

One of the most surprising stats to emerge is one in which Babe Ruth in the 1920s hit more runs than any other team, twice.

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But back to his insane stat lines, some of them stand so unbelievably out of reach today that the viewer concludes, “That’s just stupid,” and we couldn’t agree more.

And as if there are still naysayers calling this a double fluke, Babe Ruth outscored a team over some years in the 1920s. More specifically, the Washington Senators. Babe Ruth outhomered the Senators 343-327 between 1926 and 1932.

Along with making power-hitting a part of the sport, Ruth is credited with shifting the game to being about scoring runs. Taking the game away from the strategy-heavy approach at the time may not seem like much today, but to viewers then, it was a sea change of approach.

The Sultan of Swat was indeed one of the top performers of the 20th century and very much deserves his place in the Baseball Hall of Fame where he was one of the first five inductees in 1936.