
September 24, 1920: Babe Ruth becomes first player to hit 50 home runs in a season
When Babe Ruth was traded to the New York Yankees by Boston Red…

September 24, 1920: Babe Ruth hits 51st homer just hours after reaching milestone
With Babe Ruth’s 50th home run of the year in the record books,…

June 13, 1921: Ruth’s Yankees knock out Cobb’s Tigers as Babe reaches Polo Grounds bleachers
Led by player-manager Ty Cobb, the third-place Tigers met the…

September 29, 1920: Babe Ruth hits 54th home run to cap off first season with Yankees
Babe Ruth was hammering the final stamp onto one of baseball’s…

July 15, 1921: Babe Ruth’s 138th career home run ties Roger Connor’s big-league record
It was a “mastodonic thrust,” according to the New York Times.1…

May 6, 1918: Boston’s Babe Ruth makes his first start as a position player
Boston Red Sox manager Ed Barrow scoffed at the very idea.…

April 18, 1919: Babe Ruth thrills hometown Baltimore fans with 6 home runs in 6 at-bats
Babe Ruth put on a home-run show in his hometown on April 18,…

September 20, 1919: Babe Ruth ties single-season home run record with No. 27 in a walk-off
For 35 seasons, Ed Williamson of the Chicago Cubs held the major-league…

July 5, 1919: Athletics prevail over Red Sox despite a pair of home runs by Babe Ruth
When it comes to the home run, Babe Ruth, of course, is a man…

September 24, 1919: Babe Ruth passes Ed Williamson’s mark with record 28th home run of season
Babe Ruth wanted more money. The star pitcher and home-run hitter…

July 29, 1919: Babe Ruth’s blast ties AL record as Boston goes down swinging
There was no highly hyped home-run chase in 1919. That's one…

July 9, 1920: Bambino homers on Babe Ruth Day at the Polo Grounds
New York’s American League team, known as the Highlanders in…

May 20, 1916: Babe Ruth replaced in 6th inning while throwing a no-hitter
Young Babe Ruth, 21, gave out plenty of free passes on this Saturday…

August 15, 1916: Boston’s Babe Ruth outlasts Walter Johnson in 13 innings
Clark Griffith was prescient. At the end of the 1914 season,…

July 19, 1920: Babe Ruth breaks his own record with 30th home run
With two months left in the 1920 season, the New York Yankees…

May 20, 1919: Babe Ruth clobbers his first career grand slam
When Boston’s 1918 World Series championship season was over,…

June 13, 1916: Red-hot Babe Ruth goes on a tear against the Browns
He was just 21 and only in his second full season but Babe Ruth…

July 11, 1914: Babe Ruth makes his major-league debut with Red Sox
Even before playing an inning of major-league baseball, Babe…

October 2, 1914: A sign of so many swats to come: Babe Ruth doubles for first big-league hit
Even after the game, the 1,500 people who watched a meaningless…

September 5, 1918: Babe Ruth tosses shutout in Game 1 as patriotism prevails in World Series opener
With the war in Europe two months from the Allies’ victory,…

May 1, 1920: Babe Ruth’s first Yankee home run is a ‘colossal clout’ against Red Sox
As the second month of the 1920 season opened, the New York Yankees…

May 6, 1915: Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth hits first major-league homer
Boston Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth, later nicknamed the Sultan…

October 9, 1916: Red Sox win Game 2 on a loaned diamond; Babe Ruth goes the distance in 14
For the second year in a row, Boston won the pennant in 1916,…

July 18, 1921: Babe Ruth’s 560-foot blast against Tigers sets career home run record
It was the bottom of the eighth inning in a summer contest at…