Babe Ruth Career Home Runs Per at Bat Overview

Babe Ruth's Home Runs Per at Bat was 0.085 for his 22-year Major League Baseball career. 1920 was his best season when his Home Runs Per at Bat was 0.118 and his worst season was 1914 when his Home Runs Per at Bat was 0. Babe Ruth outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting USA (0.0183617), The Lost Generation (0.00683491), Y (0.0273389), mlb (0.0189365), and RF (0.0240588) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Home runs per at bat (HR/AB) is the number of home runs divided by the number of at bats a player recorders over a defined period, typically a career or season. More simply it's the percentage of at bats that result in a home run. Generally, for Home Runs Per at Bat, higher is better. (Source)

Babe Ruth Lifetime Home Runs Per at Bat

Stats similar to Home Runs Per at Bat for Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth
Home Runs Per at Bat
Career0.085
Season Avg.0.074
162 Game Avg.0.085
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Babe Ruth Home Runs Per at Bat By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Babe Ruth's yearly Home Runs Per at Bat for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, RF, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
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Babe Ruth Home Runs Per at Bat By Year Change

This waterfall chart attempts to show how Babe Ruth's career Home Runs Per at Bat changed per season. This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career Home Runs Per at Bat Babe Ruth had at that season in his career.
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Babe Ruth Home Runs Per at Bat By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Babe Ruth and related player groups by summarizing Home Runs Per at Bat for each season played by Babe Ruth. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!
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Babe Ruth Home Runs Per at Bat Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Babe Ruth Home Runs Per at Bat stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, RF, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Babe Ruth career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.
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