Babe Ruth is one of the greatest sports heroes of American culture and has been named the greatest baseball player in history
in various surveys and rankings, and his home run hitting prowess and charismatic personality made him a larger than life figure
in the "Roaring Twenties".
Babe Ruth was the first player to hit 60 home runs in one season (1927), a record which stood for 34 years until broken by Roger Maris in 1961.
Ruth's lifetime total of 714 home runs at his retirement in 1935 was a record for 39 years, until broken by Hank Aaron in 1974.
Unlike many power hitters, Ruth also hit for average: his .342 lifetime batting is tenth highest in baseball history,
and in one season (1923) he hit .393, a Yankee record. His .690 career slugging percentage and 1.164 career on-base plus slugging (OPS)
remain the major league records.
Historical / Biographical information courtesy of Wikipedia.
