MLBMLB New York Yankees1914–1935Hall of Fame · 1936

Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth on the wall — for the Yankees fan who knows the legend.

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Career snapshot

Hitting: .342 AVG · 714 HR · 2,214 RBI · 2,873 hits

Accolades

★ 4× World Series Champion (1923, 1927, 1928, 1932)

★ Inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame inductee (1936)

★ AL MVP (1923)

★ 60 home runs in 1927 — single-season record for 34 years

★ 714 career home runs — all-time record for 39 years

★ 12× AL home run leader

★ .342 career batting average — 10th all-time

★ Career WAR of 162.1 — second-highest position player ever

The card collector's view

Ruth's most chased early card is the 1914 Baltimore News rookie — a pre-war scarcity that rarely surfaces affordable and anchors any vintage baseball collection. The 1916 M101-4/5 Sporting News is the next-tier chase. For more accessible Ruth pieces, his 1933 Goudey cards (he appears on four of them in the landmark set), the 1934 Goudey, and various Play Ball reprints offer entry points.

About Babe Ruth at FreshDCards

Babe Ruth wasn't just baseball's first power hitter — he was the player who proved one bat could outearn the entire roster combined. Sold from the Red Sox to the Yankees in 1919 to fund a Broadway musical, Ruth proceeded to outhomer entire American League teams by himself. 714 career home runs. .342 lifetime average. Four World Series rings in pinstripes. The Yankees built the House That Ruth Built, and nine decades later, no one has caught his shadow.