Individual Record – Page 2 – Society for American Baseball Research

August 14, 1919: Babe Ruth hits 17th home run to set new American League single-season record

Babe Ruth (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

September 20, 1919: Babe Ruth ties single-season home run record with No. 27 in a walk-off

Babe Ruth (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

September 24, 1919: Babe Ruth passes Ed Williamson’s mark with record 28th home run of season

Babe Ruth, circa 1921 (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

July 19, 1920: Babe Ruth breaks his own record with 30th home run

September 24, 1920: Babe Ruth becomes first player to hit 50 home runs in a season

September 24, 1920: Babe Ruth hits 51st homer just hours after reaching milestone

September 29, 1920: Babe Ruth hits 54th home run to cap off first season with Yankees

October 10, 1920: A game of World Series firsts: unassisted triple play and grand slam

July 15, 1921: Babe Ruth’s 138th career home run ties Roger Connor’s big-league record

July 18, 1921: Babe Ruth’s 560-foot blast against Tigers sets career home run record

Elmer Smith (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

September 5, 1921: Cleveland’s Elmer Smith sets record with seven consecutive extra-base hits over three games

September 15, 1921: Babe Ruth again breaks his own home run record with #55 at Polo Grounds

October 6, 1923: Ernie Padgett’s unassisted triple play

September 16, 1924: Cardinals’ Jim Bottomley sets single-game record with 12 RBIs

Ty Cobb (Trading Card DB)

May 5, 1925: Ty Cobb hits 3 home runs, sets total bases record as Tigers pummel Browns, 14-8

Glenn Wright (SABR-Rucker Archive)

May 7, 1925: Glenn Wright turns unassisted triple play as Cardinals rally past Pirates

Ebbets Field: Great, Historic, and Memorable Games in Brooklyn's Lost Ballpark

July 20, 1925: Dodgers’ Dazzy Vance ties NL record with 17 strikeouts

September 30, 1927: Babe Ruth hits record 60th home run

October 8, 1929: Howard Ehmke sets down Cubs in surprise start with a World Series record 13 strikeouts

September 28, 1930: Comeback Cubs prevail as Hack Wilson sets RBI mark

June 3, 1932: Lou Gehrig hits four home runs, Tony Lazzeri hits for cycle in Yankees romp

July 10, 1932: Athletics outlast Indians in 18-inning slugfest

Joe DiMaggio (Trading Card Database)

July 23, 1933: Seals’ Joe DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 60 games

July 30, 1933: Dizzy Dean fans 17 Cubs for new modern strikeout record