Babe Ruth set Yankee records for Home Runs for season and career in his first season, 100 years ago. Sunday, June 7, 2020
Babe Ruth joined the New York Yankees in 1920…
Wally Pipp was the first Yankee to lead the American League (AL) in home runs: 1916 (12) and 1917 (9)…
In 1919 in his final season with the Boston Red Sox Babe Ruth set a new record for home runs in a season…
Ruth's 29 home runs in 1919 are only five fewer than Wally Pipp's Yankees career record of 34…
Pipp's 11 (in 1920) 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 (12) and career…
Ruth passed Pipp for good August 26, 1920 with number 44. By the time Pipp hit Yankee career home run 44, Ruth had 48.
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Career home runs through 1920:
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| Goodwin & Company: Roger Connor 1887 |
| theYear | Rank | NameF | NameL | HRcar | ABcar | HRmax | Bat | Year1 | YearL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 1 | Roger | Connor | 138 | 7797 | 17 | B | 1880 | 1897 |
| 1920 | 2 | Sam | Thompson | 126 | 5998 | 20 | L | 1885 | 1906 |
| 1920 | 3 | Harry | Stovey | 122 | 6153 | 19 | R | 1880 | 1893 |
| 1920 | 4 | Gavvy | Cravath | 119 | 3951 | 24 | R | 1908 | 1920 |
| 1920 | 5 | Jimmy | Ryan | 118 | 8172 | 17 | R | 1885 | 1903 |
| 1920 | 6 | Dan | Brouthers | 107 | 6726 | 14 | L | 1879 | 1904 |
| 1920 | 7 | Hugh | Duffy | 106 | 7044 | 18 | R | 1888 | 1906 |
| 1920 | 7 | Mike | Tiernan | 106 | 5915 | 16 | L | 1887 | 1899 |
| 1920 | 9 | Babe | Ruth | 103 | 1567 | 54 | L | 1914 | 1920 |
| 1920 | 10 | Ed | Delahanty | 101 | 7510 | 19 | R | 1888 | 1903 |
| 1920 | 10 | Honus | Wagner | 101 | 10439 | 10 | R | 1897 | 1917 |
| 1920 | 12 | Cap | Anson | 97 | 10281 | 21 | R | 1871 | 1897 |
| 1920 | 12 | Sam | Crawford | 97 | 9570 | 16 | L | 1899 | 1917 |
| 1920 | 14 | Fred | Pfeffer | 94 | 6560 | 25 | R | 1882 | 1897 |
| 1920 | 15 | Frank | Schulte | 92 | 6533 | 21 | L | 1904 | 1918 |
| 1920 | 16 | Herman | Long | 91 | 7678 | 12 | L | 1889 | 1904 |
| 1920 | 17 | Jake | Beckley | 87 | 9551 | 10 | L | 1888 | 1907 |
| 1920 | 18 | Fred | Luderus | 84 | 4851 | 18 | L | 1909 | 1920 |
| 1920 | 18 | Bill | Dahlen | 84 | 9036 | 15 | R | 1891 | 1911 |
| 1920 | 20 | Sherry | Magee | 83 | 7441 | 15 | R | 1904 | 1919 |
| 1920 | 21 | Buck | Freeman | 82 | 4208 | 25 | L | 1891 | 1907 |
| 1920 | 21 | Nap | Lajoie | 82 | 9590 | 14 | R | 1896 | 1916 |
| 1920 | 23 | Home Run | Baker | 80 | 5420 | 12 | L | 1908 | 1919 |
Babe Ruth is number 9 with only 1,567 At Bats. In 1921 Ruth would become number one and remain so through 1973 when 86 players would have at least 200 home runs.
This is the first in a series of posts on leaders in career home runs. Next: 1921.
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