Babe Ruth Strikeouts

Babe Ruth Career Strikeouts Overview

Babe Ruth was one of the greatest baseball players of all time, known for his impressive hitting ability and prodigious home runs. However, he was also known for his high number of strikeouts, which were a result of his aggressive, power-hitting approach at the plate.

During his career, which spanned from 1914 to 1935, Ruth struck out a total of 1,330 times. This number may seem high by modern standards, but it was not unusual for power hitters of Ruth's era to have a high number of strikeouts.

Ruth's highest single-season strikeout total was in 1923 when he struck out 93 times. This was a significant number of strikeouts for that era, but it was also the same season in which Ruth hit an incredible 41 home runs and had a batting average of .393.

Ruth's career strikeouts per plate appearance (K/PA) ratio was 14.4%, which is relatively high compared to modern players. However, it is worth noting that Ruth's exceptional power and ability to hit for average more than made up for his high number of strikeouts.

Overall, while Babe Ruth did have a high number of strikeouts, they were not seen as a significant problem during his time. Instead, his ability to hit for power and drive in runs, along with his exceptional eye at the plate, made him one of the greatest baseball players of all time.

Strikeouts (K) are outs recorded because the player at bat accumulates 3 strikes before putting the ball in play, is walked, or hit by a pitch. Strikes are accumlated by swinging and missing a pitch, not swinging at a pitch in the strike zone, or by hitting a foul ball. Foul ball strkes however are not counted for a third strike unless the foul results from a bunt or is a foul tip caught by the catcher. Generally, for Strikeouts, lower is better. (Source)

Babe Ruth Lifetime Strikeouts and Similar Stats

Stats similar to Strikeouts for Babe Ruth

	Babe Ruth Strikeouts	Babe Ruth Plate Appearance per Strikout
Career	1330	7.98
Season Avg.	60	7.6
162 Game Avg.	86	7.98
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Babe Ruth Strikeouts By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Babe Ruth's yearly Strikeouts 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.

Babe Ruth Cumulative Strikeouts by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how Babe Ruth's career Strikeouts progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents Babe Ruth's career Strikeouts at the end of that season.

Babe Ruth Strikeouts By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Babe Ruth and related player groups by summarizing Strikeouts 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!

Babe Ruth Strikeouts Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Babe Ruth Strikeouts 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.