Babe Ruth's Team 78-84(.481) *-led league %SB-Steal Percentage GIDP-Grounded into Double Play Note:Babe Ruth played every game | AB | R | H |RBI|2B|3B|HR| SB | CS| BB|E|GIDP|SH|SF|HBP|GwRBI| K |Avg |Slg|OBP |EBA Catcher Wilson 533 31 110 31 15 3 2 1 1 29 12 10* 32 3 2 6 50 206 257 250 295 First Base Sisler 408 61 104 20 19 7 2 108 29 17 0 0 15 1 1 1 38 255 350 286 562(78.8%SB) Terry 208 30 57 15 12 6 3 0 3 6 2 4 0 6 1 0 17 274 433 298 435 McInnis 135 13 39 3 1 1 0 23 11 2 0 1 7 0 1 0 12 289 311 304 409(67.6%SB) Second Base Mazeroski 523 51 110 50 11 6 17 1 0 35 3 5 15 2 3 8 107* 210 352 264 392 Shortstop Vaughan 551 47 133 54 15 14 8 0 2 23 6 3 18 1 2 9 49 241 363 274 385 Reese 65 7 9 7 0 0 1 4 2 2 0 2 4 1 2 1 9 138 185 188 239 Appling 56 8 13 6 2 1 0 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 1 7 232 304 283 350 Third Base Mathews 428 44 99 46 13 8 22 0 0 30 11 2 0 4 2 12 64 231 453 285 489 Cox 111 3 16 4 3 1 0 0 0 4 5 2 7 0 0 1 5 144 189 174 217 Santo 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 000 000 000 000 Outfield Ruth 607 86 163 107* 30 9 43* 0 1 30 6 3 0 3 4 12 91 269 *560 307 579 Mantle 436 57 114 62 14 1 26 32 12 22 1 3 0 3 0 9 82 261 477 297 546(72.7%SB) Averill 296 30 67 33 14 3 13 0 1 17 3 1 7 5 0 3 41 226 426 268 454 Wheat 242 24 58 30 8 4 6 1 1 9 4 1 1 0 1 2 21 238 377 268 399 Strawberry 229 22 44 19 3 0 9 19 9 16 1 3 0 2 0 2 52 196 323 245 408(67.9%SB) Simmons 119 16 38 28 9 2 6 0 2 6 3 1 0 6 0 2 7 319 580 352 584 FRobinson 90 8 21 7 5 0 2 0 0 9 4 4 0 0 0 2 11 233 356 303 414 Kaline 69 4 15 5 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 217 290 250 306 Pitchers Koufax 47 1 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 106 106 106 128 Coveleski 22 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 136 182 174 217 Gooden 32 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 6 0 0 0 6 156 156 229 229 Waddell 28 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 214 250 290 323 Vaughn 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 000 000 091 000 Wynn 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 000 000 000 000 Walsh 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 000 000 000 000 Grove 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 000 000 000 000 Bender 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 200 200 333 333 Players traded during season: Hartnett C 1-10 Hodges 1B 1-1 Runnels 2B 0-4,BB Gordon 2B 2-21,4K,BB,SH Gehringer 2B 1-11,2K,RBI,HR,R,SF Rizutto SS 0-2 Traynor 3B 2-13,R,2B Approx Team Totals AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB CS %SB BB E GIDP SH SF HBP GwRBI K Avg Slg OBP EBA 5336 554 1237 533 179 66 163 190 75 71.9 271 77 46 119 38 20 73 716 232 382 269 432 Avg/Game 32.9 3.4 7.6 3.3 1.1 .4 1.0 1.2 .5 1.7 .5 .3 .7 .2 .1 4.4 Players cut from roster before games& number of times: Hartnett C 3 Wilson C 1 McInnis 1B 18 Terry 1B 1 Sisler 1B 2 Runnels 2B 1 Gordon 2B 3 Cronin SS 1 Rizutto SS 1 Reese IF 54 Appling SS 58 Cox IF 24 Santo 3B 57 Kaline1B-OF50 Averill OF 3 Wheat OF 12 Hafey OF 3 Simmons OF 39 FRobinsonOF39 Wynn SP 40 Pitchers: IP H R ER SO BB GP ERA W-L SV Sho HB Starters Koufax 178 140 59 54 156* 30 29 2.73 7-9 0 3 3 Coveleski116.6 116 49 42 33 22 30 3.24 3-8 0 1 1 Gooden 146.6 140 71 66 78 41 30 4.05 6-9 0 1 4 Waddell 128 124 61 58 103 42 30 4.08 7-5 0 0 3 Wynn 55 61 40 36 23 23 16 5.89 0-4 0 0 2 Vaughn 94.6 93 52 52 51 35 23 4.95 4-6 0 0 2 Relievers Grove 248.6 186 72 65 111 52 114* 2.35 17-17 12 0 7* Walsh 241.6 171 80 72 112 39 114* 2.68 10-12 15 0 6 Bender 228.3 224 104 91 97 50 107 3.59 *22-14 8 0 3 Approx team Totals IP H R ER SO BB RA ERA W-L SV Sho HB 1437.6 1255 588 536 764 334 3.68 3.36 76-84 35 6 31 Avg/Game 8.9 7.7 4.7 2.1 .2 .2 Other info: Appling had 2 RBIs in the team's 1st 155 Games, 4 in their last 7 One game Honus Wagner went vs. BR:1B,2B,3B,2K,2R,0RBI The next Arky Vaughan had for BR:2 1B, 2B,3B,K,GwRBI,2RBI,0R(both ex-Bucs too!) Waddell got the advantage of Walter Johnson's worst start of the year(3R in 1st on 2HR) and blew it by allowing 5 in the bottom of the 1st to fall behind 5-3 in an eventual 8-6 BR loss Koufax once lost a shutout 4-0 to Walter Johnson(in 10) Gooden's 1st 2 Hit batters were back to back(Aaron,Dickey) the 1st 3 were all from Aaron's team and the 4rth came in Gooden's only shutout Waddell was a man of streaks:he lost his 1st 2, won 4 straight, lost 3 in a row and won his last 3 Wynn's ERA fell from 6.46 to 5.81 in a complete game (line = 973322) which he lost in the 10th Bender lost 3 in a row to fall to 8-7, then won 3 straight and later at 15-9 won 4 straight to go to 19-9 After the team fell out of first place the 1st time during the season(at 39-31) the 1st inning looked included this:Vaughan HR,Ruth 3-run HR One series Eddie Mathews hit 8 of 16 with a double, a triple,2 homers, 3KOs, a GW-RBI, 6 runs, 5 RBIs and 2 errors in 4 games One game the team hit 3 batters:2 by Waddell(Mays,Kell), 1 by Walsh(Baker) and the next day Grove hit Frisch One great duel looked like this inning-by-inning: Plank 000 000 000 -0 Gooden000 000 001 -1(with 2 outs in the 9th Lajoie and Boyer hit back-to-back doubles) Koufax fanned 119 in 136 innings, then in a 1-run,1-walk,2-hit complete game managed only 1 K-after that he struckout 36 in 32 innings Averill walked 7 times in his 1st 210 Plate Appearances then walked 3 times in the next game as well as the 1st appearance the game after that Jimmie Wilson's 1st home run came in Game 138, At bat 447 and Plate Appearance 473 Stuffy McInnis had 60 At bats before his 1st RBI Bill Terry went 124 At-bats and his team had played 114 games before he walked for the 1st time One series of Ruth's: Game# Homers RBIs 1 0 0 2 1 3(2run HR, rbi 2B) 3 0 1(rbi 1B) 4 1 2(2run HR) 5 2 3(2run HR to tie at 2 in 8th, Game-winning single in 9th(?)) Total-5G,4HR,9RBI Mathews went 77 games without being hit by a pitch, was hit in 2 straight and was never hit again Ruth hit 22 1st-half homers, but started the 2nd half without one in 25 games. He hit 10 in his next 15 Games One game the team looked like this: Inning SS 3B RF CF LF 1 Vaughan Mathews Ruth Mantle Averill 2 " " " " " 3 " " " " " 4 " " " Averill Strawberry 5 " " " " " 6 " " FRobinson Kaline Ruth 7 Appling Vaughan " " " 8 " " Ruth " Wheat 9 Reese Cox " " " So:3 shortstops, 3 3rd basemen, 2 rightfielders,3 centerfielders and 4 left fielders in 9 innings!