Babe Ruth hit 88% of his team's home runs: Red Sox 1919. Only 2 other Red Sox homered.

Because of World War I baseball teams played fewer than the usual 154 games (22 against 7 opponents) in 1918 and 1919. The 1919 Boston Red Sox were 66-71 (137 games). Their star player, Babe Ruth, had been a full time pitcher his first three full seasons ,1915-1917, then evolved into almost a full time slugger.

In 1919 Ruth broke the modern season record of 24 home runs set by Philadelphia Phillie Gavvy Gravath in 1915. Ruth also broke an old record of 27 set in the 1800s in a home park with a very close fence.

In 1915, the year Cravath hit 24, the Brooklyn team hit the fewest home runs in the National League: 14 by these players:

Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR ▼	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	OF	Zack Wheat*	27	146	597	528	64	136	15	12	5	66	21	14	52	42	.258	.330	.360	.690	106	190		5	10
2	OF	Casey Stengel*	24	132	510	459	52	109	20	12	3	50	5	10	34	46	.237	.294	.353	.647	93	162		3	14
3	1B	Jake Daubert*	31	150	641	544	62	164	21	8	2	47	11	13	57	48	.301	.369	.381	.749	124	207		1	39
4	3B	Gus Getz	25	130	498	477	39	123	10	5	2	46	19	15	8	14	.258	.275	.312	.587	75	149		3	10
5	OF	Hi Myers	26	153	645	605	69	150	21	7	2	46	19	22	17	51	.248	.275	.316	.591	76	191		6	17

The first player among those five was elected to the Hall of Fame as a player. The second was elected as a manager. But the point is that even with only 14 team home runs, five players hit them. Those five players had at least 459 at bats (AB).

Here are the home runs hit by the 1919 Red Sox:

Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR ▼	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	OF	Babe Ruth*	24	130	543	432	103	139	34	12	29	113	7		101	58	.322	.456	.657	1.114	217	284		6	3
2	OF	Harry Hooper*	31	128	588	491	76	131	25	6	3	48	23		79	28	.267	.374	.360	.734	111	177		5	12
3	1B	Stuffy McInnis	28	120	496	440	31	134	12	5	1	59	8		23	11	.305	.341	.361	.702	101	159		1	26

The Red Sox team hit 33 home runs, 29 by Babe Ruth. Only two other Red Sox players hit home runs. Shortstop Everett Scott had 507 AB but no home runs. Third baseman Ossie Vitt had 469 AB and no home runs.

Ruth hit 88 percent of his team's home runs: 29/33. That's probably a record.

Only three players homering in a season for a team is a modern record since 1903. See 1908 White Sox below; they also had only three players homer.

The 1918 Red Sox 75-51 (126 games) won the World Series over the Chicago Cubs 4-2. Here are the five Red Sox who hit their 15 regular season home runs:

Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR ▼	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	OF	Babe Ruth*	23	95	382	317	50	95	26	11	11	61	6		58	58	.300	.411	.555	.966	192	176		2	3
2	3B	Fred Thomas	25	44	164	144	19	37	2	1	1	11	4		15	20	.257	.331	.306	.637	93	44		1	4
3	OF	George Whiteman	35	71	248	214	24	57	14	0	1	28	9		20	9	.266	.335	.346	.681	106	74		2	12
4	OF	Harry Hooper*	30	126	564	474	81	137	26	13	1	44	24		75	25	.289	.391	.405	.796	141	192		4	16
5	3B	Jack Coffey	31	15	48	44	5	7	1	0	1	2	2		3	2	.159	.213	.250	.463	40	11		0	1

In 1918 Ruth tied Tillie Walker (PHA) for most home runs in the American League. Ruth hit 73.3% of his team's 1918 home runs. Ruth was also 13-7 in 166 innings pitching. In the 1918 World Series Ruth started and won games one and four: 2 runs in 17 innings; Ruth did not hit or give up any home runs.

Babe Ruth: December 26, 1919: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Boston Red Sox for $100,000.

Since 1903 teams have hit fewer than 10 home runs 19 times, all between 1903 and 1918:

Rk	Year	Tm	Lg	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	#Bat	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB	OPS+
1	1908	CHW	AL	88	64	.579	24	3.43	156	5815	5027	535	1127	145	41	3	430	209		463	577	.224	.298	.271	.569	1363		62	236			1064	86
2	1918	WSH	AL	72	56	.563	30	3.55	130	5023	4472	461	1144	156	49	4	404	137		376	361	.256	.318	.315	.634	1410		35	134			918	93
3	1917	WSH	AL	74	79	.484	25	3.46	157	5868	5142	543	1238	173	70	4	462	166		500	574	.241	.313	.304	.617	1563		43	179			1077	89
4	1909	CHW	AL	78	74	.513	30	3.11	159	5769	5018	494	1109	145	56	4	393	211		441	596	.221	.291	.275	.566	1378		57	243			978	81
5	1918	SLB	AL	58	64	.475	26	3.46	123	4635	4019	426	1040	152	40	5	360	139		397	340	.259	.331	.320	.651	1287		35	176			841	100
6	1907	CHW	AL	87	64	.576	23	3.72	157	5720	5070	584	1205	149	33	5	474	175		421	525	.238	.302	.283	.585	1435		48	181				89
7	1910	CHW	AL	68	85	.444	34	2.92	156	5682	5024	456	1058	115	58	7	351	183		403	648	.211	.275	.261	.536	1310		44	189			923	72
8	1906	CHW	AL	93	58	.616	25	3.68	154	5654	4925	567	1133	152	52	7	444	216		453	492	.230	.301	.286	.588	1410		50	226				87
9	1918	CHW	AL	57	67	.460	31	3.69	124	4701	4132	457	1057	136	55	8	375	119		375	358	.256	.322	.321	.643	1327		27	161			845	93
10	1913	NYY	AL	57	94	.377	44	3.46	153	5635	4880	529	1157	155	45	8	430	203		534	617	.237	.320	.292	.612	1426		57	143			1012	79
11	1908	WSH	AL	67	85	.441	25	3.09	155	5665	5041	479	1186	132	74	8	378	170		368	597	.235	.293	.296	.588	1490		43	196			1004	99
12	1903	STL	NL	43	94	.314	32	3.63	139	5096	4689	505	1176	138	65	8	404	171		277	522	.251	.297	.313	.610	1468		34	96				76
13	1918	CLE	AL	73	54	.575	32	3.91	129	4874	4166	505	1084	176	67	9	423	171		491	386	.260	.344	.341	.685	1421		42	167			910	98
14	1917	PIT	NL	51	103	.331	41	2.96	157	5788	5169	464	1230	160	61	9	396	150		399	580	.238	.298	.298	.596	1539		46	174			1010	81
15	1910	CLE	AL	71	81	.467	44	3.40	161	6014	5396	548	1316	188	64	9	460	189		366	645	.244	.296	.307	.604	1659		37	189			1008	87
16	1910	WSH	AL	66	85	.437	30	3.17	157	5744	4989	498	1175	145	47	9	393	192		449	630	.236	.309	.289	.598	1441		82	171			1035	91
17	1909	WSH	AL	42	110	.276	44	2.45	156	5565	4983	382	1113	149	41	9	306	136		321	618	.223	.276	.275	.551	1371		42	195			915	77
18	1906	STL	NL	52	98	.347	41	3.08	154	5613	5075	475	1195	137	69	9	362	110		361	682	.235	.291	.295	.586	1497		38	139				86
19	1903	CHC	NL	82	56	.594	27	5.00	139	5323	4733	695	1300	191	62	9	548	259		422	455	.275	.340	.347	.687	1642		50	118				98

The 1908 Chicago White Sox (88-64) hit the fewest home runs since 1903: three but ... three players, one a pitcher, hit one each:

Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR ▼	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	OF	Fielder Jones*	36	149	656	529	92	134	11	7	1	50	26		86	41	.253	.366	.306	.672	121	162		8	28
2	IF	Frank Isbell*	32	84	362	320	31	79	15	3	1	49	18		19	40	.247	.297	.322	.619	103	103		4	17
3	P	Ed Walsh	27	66	172	157	10	27	7	1	1	10	2		7	38	.172	.217	.248	.465	52	39		2	8

The 1909 White Sox (78-74) hit four home runs, including one by the eventual record holder Cravath:

	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR ▼	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	OF	Ed Hahn*	33	76	331	287	30	52	6	0	1	16	9		31	12	.181	.268	.213	.480	54	61		3	8
2	OF	Patsy Dougherty*	32	139	572	491	71	140	23	13	1	55	36		51	56	.285	.359	.391	.751	140	192		6	21
3	OF	Dave Altizer*	32	116	462	382	47	89	6	7	1	20	27		39	33	.233	.330	.293	.623	99	112		16	21
4	OF	Gavvy Cravath	28	19	72	50	7	9	0	0	1	8	3		19	8	.180	.406	.240	.646	107	12		0	1

Teams with fewer Home Runs than the individual record. Thursday, May 5, 2016

Babe Ruth hit more Home Runs (HR) than every other team in his league in both 1920 and 1927. However, in both seasons Ruth's Yankee teammates hit more HR than Ruth. Ruth set the season HR record four times: 1919 with the Boston Red Sox, then with the Yankees in 1920, 1921, 1927.
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Babe Ruth: set HR record and hit 88% of his team's HR! And won nine games pitching. Thursday, December 6, 2012

Babe Ruth set the HR record for the first of four times in 1919, his final season with the Boston Red Sox. Ruth hit 29 HR. But here's the amazing thing. Only two of his teammates hit HR:

Harry Hooper 3, all on the road: Aug. 18 St. Louis, Sept. 6 Phiadelphia game one, Sept. 8 New York game one

Stuffy McInnis 1 - June 23 IPHR in Fenway Park...

Ruth was still pitching, which he all but abandoned the next season when he joined the Yankees.  In 1919 Ruth pitched in 17 games, starting 15: 133 innings, 12 CG, 9 wins, 5 losses...

... Ruth batted fourth in 14 of the 17 games in which he pitched in 1919.
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