BABE RUTH·1924

Nineteen twenty-four kept the bat hot even when the pennant cooled. Babe Ruth played 153 games and hit .378 with a .513 on-base and .739 slug — 200 hits, 143 runs, 39 doubles, 46 home runs, 121 driven in, 142 walks. The Yankees went 89-63 and watched somebody else take October. The stick did not care about the standings. Two hundred knocks and forty-six over the wall still make a summer worth keeping.

.378 AVG

In 1924 he hit .378.

46 HOME RUNS

In 1924 he hit 46 home runs.

200 HITS

In 1924 he banged 200 hits.

Babe Ruth, New York AL, 1920. Bain Collection / Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain (US).