George Herman "Babe" Ruth
| Category | Record | All-Time Rank | Held Record |
| Career Slugging Percentage | .690 | 1st (2nd place: Ted Williams .634) | 1922-present |
| Career On Base Plus Slugging (OPS) | 1.164 | 1st (2nd place: Ted Williams 1.112) | 1922-present |
| Single Season Total Bases | 457 (1921) | 1st (2nd place: Rogers Hornsby 450, 1922) | 1921-present |
| Single Season Extra Base Hits | 119 (1921) | 1st (2nd place: Lou Gehrig 117, 1927) | 1920-present |
| Most Times Leading League in Home Runs |
12 (1918-21, 1923-4, 1926-31) |
1st (2nd place: Mike Schmidt 8) | 1923-present |
| Most Times Leading League in Runs | 8 (1919-21, 1923-4, 1926-8) |
1st (2nd place: Mickey Mantle 6) | 1926-present |
| Most Times with 150 or more runs | 6 (1920-3, 1927-8, 1930) |
1st (2nd place: Billy Hamilton 4) | 1928-present | Most Consecutive Years, 150+ RBI | 3 (1929-31) |
1st (tied with Lou Gehrig) | 1931-present |
| Career Home Runs | 714 | 2nd (Lefthanded Leader; AL leader, 708) (1st place: Hank Aaron 755) | 1921-1973 |
| Career Runs Batted In | 2213 | 2nd (Lefthanded Leader; AL leader, 2192) (1st place: Hank Aaron 2297) | 1933-1974 |
| Single Season OPS | 1.379 (1920) | 2nd (AL Leader) (1st place: Barry Bonds 1.381, 2002) | 1920-2001 |
| Single Season Slugging % | .847 (1920) | 2nd (AL Leader) (1st place: Barry Bonds .864, 2001) | 1920-2000 |
| Most Times Leading League in RBI | 6 (1919-21, 1923, 1926, 1928) |
2nd (AL Leader) (1st place: Cap Anson 8) | - |
| Single Season Runs | 177 (1921) | 2nd (AL Leader) (tied with Tom Brown, 1st place: Billy Hamilton 192) | - |
| Career On Base Percentage | .474 | 2nd (1st place: Ted Williams .482) | 1923-1945 |
| Most Times Leading League in On Base % |
10 (1919-21, 1923-27, 1930-32) |
2nd (1st place: Ted Williams 12) | 1926-1956 |
| Single Season Bases on Balls | 170 (1923) | 3rd (AL Leader) (1st & 2nd place: Barry Bonds 198 & 177) | 1920-2000 |
| Career Bases On Balls | 2062 | 3rd (1st place: Rickey Henderson 2190) | 1930-2000 |
| Career Runs Scored | 2174 | 3rd (1st place: Rickey Henderson 2295) | - |
| Career Extra Base Hits | 1356 | 3rd (1st place: Hank Aaron 1477) | 1931-1962 |
| Single Season On Base % | .545 (1923) | 4th (1st place: Barry Bonds .582, 2001) | - |
| Career Total Bases | 5793 | 5th (1st place: Hank Aaron 6856) | - |
| Single Season RBI | 171 (1921) | 7th (1st place: Hack Wilson 191, 1930) | 1921-1926 |
| Single Season Home Runs | 60 (1927) | 8th (1st place: Barry Bonds, 73, 2001) | 1919-1960 |
| Career Batting Average | .342 | 9th (1st place: Ty Cobb .366) | - |
| Career Pitcher Batting Average | .299 | 1st | 1917-present |
| Career Win % | .671 | 10th (1st place: Al Spaulding .796) | - |
| Career Hits/9 Inning Pitched | 7.18 | 12th (1st place: Nolan Ryan 6.56) | 1918, 1922-1929 |
| Career ERA | 2.28 | 15th (1st place: Ed Walsh 1.82) | - |
| Slugging Percentage | 1918-1931 | ||
| OPS | 1918-1931 | ||
| Home Runs | 1918-1921, 1923, 1924, 1926-1931 | ||
| On-base Percentage | 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1932 |
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| Bases on Balls | 1920, 1921, 1923-1928, 1930-1933 | ||
| Runs | 1919-1928 | ||
| Extra-Base Hits | 1918-1921, 1923, 1924, 1928 | ||
| RBI | 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1926, 1928 | ||
| Total Bases | 1919, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928 | ||
| Batting Average | 1924 | ||
| ERA | 1916 | ||
| Hits/9 Innings Pitched | 1916 | ||
| Complete Games Pitched | 1917 | ||
| Shutouts | 1916 | ||
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| Most World Series batting .300 or over | 6 -- 1921, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1928, & 1932 |
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| Most Runs Scored in a 4 Game World Series | 9 -- 1928 | ||
| Most times reaching first base safely, 9 inning World Series game |
5 -- October 6, 1926 (3 HR, 2 BB) 5 -- October 10, 1926 (1 HR, 4 BB) |
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| Most home runs, 7 game World Series | 4 -- 1926 | ||
| Most World Series with 3 or more home runs | 3 -- 1923 (3), 1926 (4), 1928 (3) | ||
| Most Home runs in a World Series game | 3 -- October 6, 1926 (two consecutive) 3 -- October 9, 1928 (two consecutive) note: Ruth also hit 2 HR on October 11, 1923 (consecutive) and October 1, 1932 |
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| Most Total Bases in a 4 game World Series | 22 -- 1928 | ||
| Most Bases on Balls in a World Series | 11 -- 1926 | ||
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| American League MVP | 1923 note: until 1930 previous winners were ineligible; players could only win the award once. |
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| World Series Championships | 1915, 1916, 1918, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1932 | ||
| Hall of Fame | Charter inductee, 1936 | ||
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