Editing Babe Ruth (section)

==Career statistics==
{{Further|List of career achievements by Babe Ruth}}

At the time of his retirement, Ruth held many baseball batting records. These include the career records for [[home runs]] (714), [[slugging percentage]] (0.690), [[runs batted in]] (2,213), [[bases on balls]] (2,062) and [[on-base percentage]] (.474). He still remains in the top ten of many statistical rankings.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-07-12 |title=99 Cool Facts About Babe Ruth |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2013/07/12/99-cool-facts-about-babe-ruth |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=SI |language=en-US}}</ref>

'''Hitting'''
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!Category!![[Games played|G]]!![[At bat|AB]]!![[Run (baseball)|R]]!![[Hit (baseball)|H]]!![[Double (baseball)|2B]]!![[Triple (baseball)|3B]]!![[Home run|HR]]!![[Total bases|TB]]!![[Extra base hit|XBH]]!![[Runs batted in|RBI]]!![[Stolen base|SB]]!![[Bases on balls|BB]]!![[Batting average (baseball)|AVG]]!![[On-base percentage|OBP]]!![[Slugging percentage|SLG]]!![[On-base plus slugging percentage|OPS]]!![[Fielding percentage|FLG%]]!![[Wins above replacement|WAR]]!!{{Abbreviation|Ref.|Reference}}
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|Total||2503||8399||2174||2873||506||136||714||5793||1356||2214||123||2062||.342||.474||'''.690'''||'''1.164'''||.968||'''182.6'''||<ref name=bbref-ruth>{{Cite web |title=Babe Ruth Career Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ruthba01.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com }}</ref>
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'''Pitching'''
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!Category!![[Games pitched|G]]!![[Games started|GS]]!![[Win–loss record (pitching)#Winning pitcher|W]]!![[Win–loss record (pitching)#Losing pitcher|L]]!![[Winning percentage|W-L%]]!![[Earned run average|ERA]]!![[Complete game|CG]]!![[Shutout (baseball)|SHO]]!![[Innings pitched|IP]]!![[Hits allowed|H]]!![[Run (baseball)|R]]!![[Earned run|ER]]!![[Home runs allowed|HR]]!![[Bases on balls|BB]]!![[Strikeout|SO]]!![[Fielding independent pitching|FIP]]!![[Walks plus hits per inning pitched|WHIP]]!! {{Abbreviation|Ref.|Reference}}
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|Total||163||147||94||46||.671||2.28||107||17||1221.1||974||400||309||10||441||488||2.81||1.159||<ref name=bbref-ruth/>
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