Babe Ruth's Career and Season Stolen Bases Stats
Babe Ruth's Stolen Bases Overview
During Babe Ruth's 22-year Major League Baseball career, he had
123 stolen bases, an average of 5.5909 stolen bases per season. 1921 was his best season
with 17 stolen bases and his worst season was 1914 when he had
0 stolen bases. Babe Ruth is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or
being beat by USA (44.9272), The Lost Generation (54.0228), mlb (44.8743), RF (53.3624), and Y (207.659) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
Stolen bases are the number of times a player or a team player safely advances one base they aren't entitled because of actions taken by the baserunner. This most frequently happens when a player decides to take the next base while the pitcher is pitching the ball. This is calculated over a given period of time. Generally, for Stolen Bases, higher is better. (Source)
Stolen bases are the number of times a player or a team player safely advances one base they aren't entitled because of actions taken by the baserunner. This most frequently happens when a player decides to take the next base while the pitcher is pitching the ball. This is calculated over a given period of time. Generally, for Stolen Bases, higher is better. (Source)
Babe Ruth's Stolen Bases Per Season Line Chart
This line chart shows Babe Ruth's yearly Stolen Bases
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's Cumulative Stolen Bases by Season
This line chart attempts to show shows Babe Ruth's progression over their entire career.
Each year on the chart represents Babe Ruth's career total Stolen Bases at the end of that season.
Babe Ruth's Stolen Bases Per Season Box Chart
This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Babe Ruth and related player groups by summarizing Stolen Bases
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's Season Stolen Bases Stats Table
This table shows Babe Ruth's Stolen Bases 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's 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.
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.