What is Babe Ruth's home run record?

Career Statistics. Batting average: .342. Home runs: 714. Hits: 2,873. RBI: 2,213. Pitching W/L record: 94-46. ERA: 2.28. Top Ten in MLB history in the following categories: 3rd on home run list – 714; 10th in batting average – .342; 2nd on RBI list – 2,213; 1st on all-time slugging % – .690; 2nd on all-time on-base % – . read more

Babe Ruth, a man known around the world as one of the greatest baseball players of all time, had done the impossible — hit 60 home runs in one season. Gehrig finished the season with 47. Babe Ruth's single-season home run record would not be broken for 34 years. read more

Babe Ruth set two major home run records in his career by the time he retired. The single season home run record and the all time career home run record. Roger Connor held the record for career home runs with 138, until Babe Ruth broke the record in 1921 when he hit number 139. read more

Of course, the Babe kept on hitting and ended his career with 714 home runs, a record that stood until Hank Aaron broke it in 1974. By 1921, though, Ruth already held the record for most home runs in a single season. read more

On September 30, 1927, Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the 1927 season and with it sets a record that would stand for 34 years. George Herman Ruth was born February 6, 1895, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the first of eight children, but only he and a sister survived infancy. read more