Babe Ruth was an incredible distance hitter. In 1920 his hitting average was .376, 54 homeruns, 137 RBIs, .847 slugging average. In the next year Babe increased his averages to .378, 59 homeruns, 171 RBIs, but he decreased his slugging average to .846.
During his outfield days he led the leagues slugging average 12 times, homeruns 10 times, RBIs 6 times, batting average once and 123 stolen bases. His other leading averages were runs scored with 8, 11 walks, and he never struck out more than 93 times a season.
Babe hit his first homeruns in his first game with the Red Sox. He also hit the first homerun by any player in Yankee Stadium. During his all-star game Babe hit the first homerun. He attracted large crowds with his distance hittin
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