Babe Ruth set Yankee records for Home Runs for season and career in his first season, 100 years ago.

Babe Ruth joined the New York Yankees in 1920. The Yankee home run records 1903-1919:

Season:

Rk	Player	HR	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Wally Pipp	12	1916	23	NYY	AL	151	617	545	70	143	20	14	93	54		82	2	16			16		.262	.331	.417	.748	*3/H
2	Home Run Baker	10	1919	33	NYY	AL	141	623	567	70	166	22	1	83	44		18	2	9			13		.293	.346	.388	.734	*5
3	Home Run Baker	10	1916	30	NYY	AL	100	402	360	46	97	23	2	52	36		30	5	1			15		.269	.344	.428	.772	*5/H
4	Wally Pipp	9	1917	24	NYY	AL	155	669	587	82	143	29	12	70	60		66	6	15			11		.244	.320	.380	.700	*3
5	Duffy Lewis	7	1919	31	NYY	AL	141	602	559	67	152	23	4	89	17		42	0	26			8		.272	.293	.365	.658	*7/8
6	Roger Peckinpaugh	7	1919	28	NYY	AL	122	539	453	89	138	20	2	33	59		37	4	23			10		.305	.390	.404	.794	*6/H
7	Wally Pipp	7	1919	26	NYY	AL	138	597	523	74	144	23	10	50	39		42	4	30			9		.275	.330	.398	.728	*3

Wally Pipp was the first Yankee to lead the American League (AL) in home runs: 1916 and 1917.

Career:

Rk	Player	HR	From	To	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Wally Pipp	34	1915	1919	22-26	671	2830	2483	333	654	107	58	317	241		305	13	89			65	7	.263	.332	.394	.726	*3/H
2	Home Run Baker	32	1916	1919	30-33	513	2196	1984	238	573	93	10	268	166		88	14	29			54		.289	.348	.394	.742	*5/H
3	Roger Peckinpaugh	20	1913	1919	22-28	931	3955	3444	433	860	123	40	302	352		366	14	143			133	29	.250	.322	.326	.648	*6/H
4	Hal Chase	20	1905	1913	22-30	1061	4473	4158	551	1182	165	50	494	147		367	16	145			248	22	.284	.311	.362	.674	*3/487H615
5	Jimmy Williams	16	1903	1907	26-30	685	2836	2536	290	663	123	45	358	206		266	18	61			59		.261	.321	.364	.686	*4
6	Wid Conroy	12	1903	1908	26-31	796	3311	3005	356	750	111	59	266	198		306	16	81			184		.250	.299	.338	.637	*576/8439H
7	Birdie Cree	11	1908	1915	25-32	742	3005	2603	345	761	117	62	332	269		274	43	67			132	36	.292	.368	.398	.766	*78/9H645
8	Harry Wolter	10	1910	1913	25-28	396	1656	1370	223	379	52	31	122	218		152	16	42			85	3	.277	.382	.382	.764	*98/H37
9	Willie Keeler	10	1903	1909	31-37	873	3798	3313	482	974	65	30	206	220		67	48	211			118		.294	.347	.341	.688	*9/4H587

In 1919 in his final season with the Boston Red Sox Babe Ruth set a new record for home runs in a season. Here are the 1919 AL leaders:

Home Runs

1.	Ruth • BOS	29
2.	Baker • NYY	10
	Walker • PHA	10
	Sisler • SLB	10
5.	Smith • CLE	9
6.	Burns • PHA	8
	Heilmann • DET	8
8.	Felsch • CHW	7
	Lewis • NYY	7
	Pipp • NYY	7
	Jackson • CHW	7
	Peckinpaugh • NYY	7

Ruth's 29 home runs in 1919 are only five fewer than Wally Pipp's Yankees career record of 34. AL home run leaders in 1920:

Home Runs

1.	Ruth • NYY	54
2.	Sisler • SLB	19
3.	Walker • PHA	17
4.	Felsch • CHW	14
5.	Jackson • CHW	12
	Smith • CLE	12
7.	Ward • NYY	11
	Pipp • NYY	11
	Meusel • NYY	11
	Veach • DET	11

Pipp's 11 would increase his Yankee career number from 34 to 45. Obviously, Ruth's 54 in 1920 would break both Pipp Yankee home records for a season and career.

Ruth tied the Yankee season home run record:

Monday, May 31, 1920

Attendance: 38,688

Venue: Polo Grounds V New York

Game Duration: 2:20

Day Game, on grass

Second game of doubleheader

Yankees 10, Senators 7

Ruth hit HR 12 off the great Walter Johnson in the 8th inning with one on.

Ruth broke the Yankee season home run record:

Wednesday, June 2, 1920

Rescheduled From: Apr 27, 1920 (Wet grounds)

Attendance: 20,000

Venue: Polo Grounds V New York

Day Game, on grass

First game of doubleheader

Yankees 8, Senators 1

HR: Babe Ruth 2 (14, 1 off Leon Carlson, 8th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to RF, 1 off Tom Zachary, 1st inn, 1 on, 2 outs to RF).

Ruth hit HR 15 in the second game of the doubleheader.

The Yankee career home run "race":

	Car	1920	G	Date	Team	at	Opp	Pitcher	Score	Inn
Ruth	37	37	1	1920-07-31	NYY	@	SLB	Urban Shocker	behind 4-13	t 8
Pipp	42	8	1	1920-07-31	NYY	@	SLB	Urban Shocker	behind 6-13	t 9
Ruth	38	38	1	1920-08-02	NYY	@	CHW	Lefty Williams	ahead 4-0	t 4
Ruth	39	39	1	1920-08-05	NYY	@	DET	Howard Ehmke	tied 0-0	t 2
Ruth	40	40	1	1920-08-06	NYY	@	DET	Hooks Dauss	tied 4-4	t 3
Ruth	41	41	2	1920-08-06	NYY	@	DET	Hooks Dauss	ahead 8-4	t 6
Ruth	42	42	1	1920-08-14	NYY	@	WSH	Jim Shaw	tied 0-0	t 1
Pipp	43	9	1	1920-08-18	NYY		CLE	Jim Bagby	behind 2-3	b 9
Ruth	43	43	1	1920-08-19	NYY		CLE	Ray Caldwell	behind 0-2	b 4
Ruth	44	44	1	1920-08-26	NYY		CHW	Dickey Kerr	behind 1-4	b 1
Ruth	48	48	1	1920-09-10	NYY	@	CLE	Ray Caldwell	tied 0-0	t 1
Pipp	44	10	1	1920-09-12	NYY	@	DET	Hooks Dauss		t 3
Ruth	49	49	1	1920-09-13	NYY	@	DET	Howard Ehmke	behind 1-2	t 6
Ruth	54	54	1	1920-09-29 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	Dave Keefe	ahead 5-3	t 9
Pipp	45	11	1	1920-09-29 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	Bob Hasty	ahead 6-4	t 11

Ruth passed Pipp for good August 26, 1920 with number 44. By the time Pipp hit Yankee career home run 44, Ruth had 48.