Nobody is close to Ruth.

One of the records from ruth that won't be broken is he pitched 14 innings in a world series game in 1918 and by the way he won that game.

Babe Ruth, the Sultan of Swat is the greatest baseball player of all time.

What's amazing that in 2022 we are still talking about Babe Ruth!

None of those guys did what Ruth did. He is the greatest of the great.

Ruth smoked cigars, ate anything he wanted, and still set records that weren’t broken for decades. Not to mention that most of those records were broken by people who had spent more time in the league.

Fences were much further out than the homerun fended in today’s ball parks.

He could’ve had 900-1000 homeruns if he was a hitter at 20. That’s 5 years of no hitting and he still became the goat

The best stat to show how dominant and game-changing Ruth was is: In 1920, Babe Ruth hit 54 home runs. Not counting the Yankees, Only one other TEAM - the Philadelphia Phillies, hit more than 50 Home Runs that year. (The St. Louis Browns hit exactly 50)

Remember that Bonds was loaded with Steroids......Babe with Beer.

All these top comments and not a one mentioning that Ruth also still leads the all time WAR leaderboard and always will because his own skillset was just so far ahead of the other players of his era.

Oh forgot to mention this. Ruth had around 4,000 less at bats than Aaron did and yet only 41 less home runs. I took Ruth home run per at bat for his career, which is around 11.8 I think, divided it into the at bat differences between the two and if Ruth had as many at bats as Aaron did, he would have hit something like 1,048 home runs. Can't remember exactly what the numbers were but those are pretty close. Not to take anything away from Aaron at all. He was an amazing player. Seen him 5 times and that SOB (joking of course) never hit a home run at the game I was at but every time hit one the next day. One time he hit 2. Hit probably the highest popup I have ever seen. Way above the top of Dodger Stadium. Bottomline and no question about it, Babe Ruth was the GOAT for baseball.

To accurately compare, you'd have to put Babe Ruth in the modern game, in modern times---in other words, growing up in the 1980s or 90s with the advances in conditioning, nutrition, and baseball specific training. Also air travel compared to rolling around on trains. Conversely, someone like Ohtani or Bonds would have to be put in Ruths' era, with no one throwing 100MPH, but lacking the advances mentioned above. Long story short, it's next to impossible to compare players from different eras. You COULD argue Ruth dominated his era like no one since has.

He hit .340 when the league avg was .260

Yes, he is. By far.

Some years ago I knew a man named Luther "Red" Harvel. Red was a retired major league scout who played a season with the Indians back in 1928. Ruth made quite an impression on him. He told me that "you'd be surprised at just how fast he could run" and "you didn't go for an extra base against his arm." The second sounds like the voice of experience.

Babe is, absolutely.

Here is a question that really can't be answered. When Gehrig joined the team in 1925, Ruth I think only led the team in RBI's one time after that. Ruth would get his 140, 150 and even 160 RBI's one year. Everybody knows that Ruth batted 3rd and Gehrig batted 4th. The question is, how in the hell can someone get more RBI's year in and year out batting behind someone who got 140, 150 and 160 year in and year out? How is that even possible? How many times has anybody had just 140 RBI's in a season in the last 50 years? Probably can count on them with just one hand. Ruth did it several times but not only didn't he lead the league, he didn't even lead the Yankees. Batting behind someone who has 140+ RBI's usually means no one was on base when Gehrig came up and yet he would always have more. In 1927, Ruth had 164 and Gehrig had 173. 337 RBI's from just 2 guys in one 154 game season. That is insane. Even more insane. Ruth in 1921, his best season ever, had 170 RBI and scored 177 runs. Add those up and subtracted his 59 home runs that season and you get 288. That season Ruth was responsible for 288 runs. He either scored it or knocked it in. One guy, 288 runs because of him. Along with his 59 home runs, he had 46 doubles and 16 triples giving him 121 extra base hits that year. I am not exactly sure, but the year Gehrig set the American league record for RBI, which I think is 184. I think he scored enough runs to break Ruths 288. Those two guys were totally insane. I could be wrong but I think 6 guys on the 27 Yankees had over 100 RBI's. So that means the 27 Yankees must have scored over 1,000 runs that season. People talk about this era or that era and I say, " Who the f..k cares what era!!!!!!" Nothing like Ruth and even Gehrig has been seen in any era. Two of the best hitters ever and they batted 3 and 4 in the lineup and on their backs. Does anything in sports come close to matching something like that? Ahhhhhh NOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Imagine if he played in todays ballparks with the live ball! Easily over 1000 homers

Ruth created Goats

The greatest of all time just looking at his career slugging percentage and OPS is just absolutely insane lol

Patterned his swing after the great Joe Jackson

Yes, the Babe is

No bouts adoubt it.

Babe was the only six tool player.(Run, hit, field, throw, hit for power, pitch.) He dominated against 42 hall of famers(20 pitchers, 22 hitters). That is the MLB record to this day.

Even as an Australian growing up we knew about babe Ruth

He is the 🐐

I absolutely love Babe Ruth and this video was really interesting explains about Babe Ruth's career, So thanks :), I also subscribed and dropped a like!

Ohtani has nothing on the Babe

Without a doubt!

Babe, is the greatest of all time.

Undisputed GOAT

Babe Ruth hit 714 HR’s in 8,399 AB’s, Hank Aaron hit 755 in 12,364 AB, it’s obvious who was the better HR hitter.

Babe Ruth is the GOAT, no player can touch his complete career.

Babe Ruth is without question the GOAT, because he is the only baseball player who is a Hall of Famer as a hitter and pitcher. (As a pitcher, Ruth is 94-46 (a 67% winning percentage), led the majors in ERA in 1916 (1.75), and still holds the record for most innings pitched in a single World Series game (14 innings). He / Boston won that game, and the series.)

Amen , and I would take Bonds off any list ,he belongs in the hall of shame ,But even he was juiced up he still could not rival the Babe

Babe Ruth and Muhammad Ali have to be the 2 most revered sports figures in history. 110% mythic.

The Babe hit more homers in less at bats than anyone else at any total up to his 714. He set nearly every record that could be broke not counting pitching records. Mainly, no one else in any sport ever dominated their game in their time period head and shoulders above the rest and unlike the rest who people talk about being the best, there was nothing "arguable" about Babe's dominance and the best thing is, he did all those things without the use of steroids. He was, still is, and will always be the GOAT.

RUTH IS THE G.O.AT!🐐☝️👑

Yes, he is the greatest ever. Period.

A couple of things that make the Babe even more remarkable, as others have pointed out. If he had been a hitter his whole career, he would likely still hold the record for most homeruns ever, not even counting he played his first 4 years in the dead ball era. Also, MLB had a rule back then that even if the ball went over the wall in fair ground, if it landed foul (like wrapping around the back side of the foul pole) it was a foul ball. This also likely took homeruns away from Ruth. The dude easily could have had over 800 if he'd have played a couple of years later and in the field more. "The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104" by Bill Jenkinson is an excellent read about this.

Jimmie Foxx actually hit 60 HRs in 1932 but 2 were erased because games were called because of rain. He also pitched. :)

It’s crazy how in most sports we don’t talk about anyone for the 1930s but everyone knows babe Ruth. Legends never die

There's nothing to talk about he's like Elvis Presley. 👍👍👍.

babe ruth is the goat , tom brady is the goat and gretzky is the goat and i say jordan is the nba goat everyone knows these are the 4 goats in major us Team sports end of story

They don't get it Babe Ruth is PEEK PREFORMENCE

The stadium concept was invented because of the Babe hence the house that Ruth built

I believe that he is

I’d like to see the offensive numbers of the other three against the pitching of Ruth’s era, but the fact that he was an elite pitcher trumps everything.

Oh, yes, for sure. No one else compares.

babe ruth,tom brady and wayne gretzky my top 3 of all time in all sports

I just want you to close your eyes and imagine a baseball player who is a left handed pitcher with a sub 3 era and leads the league in home runs while batting over 300. The man could litterally throw a complete game shutout and hit a home run. He could single handedly win games with 8 other random joes.

Not only that, he was the best left-handed *PITCHER* in the league for 4 years with a lifetime ERA of 2.28!

Retire this legends # throughout MLB He deserves it!!!! It should've happened long before Jackie Robinson!!! No name is more synonymous with the game than Babe Ruth!!!!

Babe #1

babe is the king

Give Ted Williams those 5 seasons due to his services for 2 wars (which were basically what would have been his prime seasons) and this great video would've been about the 2nd best player of all time. But respect to the Bambino 🙏

Something nobody ever mentions... yes, he was a pitcher with lower home run totals, but the key is the dead vs live ball era that he almost perfectly aligns to. He hit 29 home runs in 130 games in 1919! That was dead ball era. If his career had fell solely in the live ball era, his skills would have been seen sooner and juiced or not, he'd be on top. Written as an anti-Yankee. Great channel BTW.

First to hit a 500’ hr

The only thing I question about all players of that era is how to judge the quality of competition around the league. Compared to today, how do you know if the rest of the league are more at the level of a AAA player today?

You should do a What If for Mickey Mantle. He's the only man that would've truly competed for the title of GOAT with Ruth

According to the Ken Burns documentary, there was a season where Ruth hit more home runs than every TEAM except the Philadelphia A's (1920). I fact checked and....incredibly its true.

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There is no GREATEST anything for any sport. There's only the Icon of a sport. Someone you think of first. And that's Babe Ruth.

Babe Ruth would be my first pick on any All-time baseball team. He hit for power and battling average better than anyone who has ever played the game.

Ruthian.. It’s an adjective..

AGREED ... but based on game dominance, lets put together a Wilt, Babe compare

Him or Ty Cobb. The fact Ruth was among the best pitchers ever so he gets the edge.

NO DOUBT THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME.

Best hitter of that era for sure. If he played in the modern era, my guess is he’d be somewhere between Vogelbach (at worst) and Big Papi (at best). The game has changed so much since then. Not to take away from Ruth, but it’s just not comparable. Every single aspect of sports performance has improved drastically over the last 100 years. It’s foolish to believe baseball players haven’t.

Nolan Ryan...Pete Rose....Babe Ruth...

Barry bonds broke it with steroids

Yes! He was the GOAT! For my 9th birthday I wanted and received a Bath Ruth bat and ball.

I agree that the Babe is the GOAT, but without the Negro League Players like Josh Gibson being considered, there is a gap. The thing is, that's just too hard to do with the Negro League players as the history and stats is kind of sketchy.

Yes, of course he is the best ever.

Yes! Generational. Like Jordan.

Show me an all time player who actually lived up to their potential. There aren't many. Mohammad Ali wasn't allowed to compete for a while due to his stand against the draft, Jordan left for a few years in between his two three-petes. Mantle tore his knee, Williams left for war, Mays wasn't allowed into MLB for years due to racism. And Ruth was out of shape and poorly utilized for a lot of his career. And today, Ohtani has been suffering from injuries and Judge came up a little older than you'd like and suffered through really bad strength and conditioning coaches for several years that lead to a lot of injuries (plus a really poorly placed concrete pad). How many of the greatest were actually as good as they could have been? Maybe Tom Brady? Serena Williams (she faced discrimination, but not sure it impacted her performance, don't know enough about her career to say)? Not many.

to me he did what no other player had done yet behind the plate. and kept doing it consistantly. He dwarfs barry bonds. and any other. i have 0 doubt the others are better athelets.... but how good would they of done in that era? on those salaries? Babe made the sport what it is today. and if u only care about wins, he has more rings then any of them. and you mentioned at the end as well. he could also pitch really well. Cy young quality early on. and who knows career wise. even with his poor training, and etc he was out basing, hitting, walking everyone. give him todays trainers etc........and or factor his home runs to today standards. he be hitting over 100 home runs a season.... the guy was a beast. pure and simple. no one is even close i guess maybe hank. i struggle to put bonds in the list because of his roid use. def mvp player. yes but without the roids he faded off sooner......... maybe capped out around 500 homers.

For sure

GOAT. Every analytical b.s. they try all comes back to the truth ,Bambino the aBest. Don't forget his 4 yrs pitching. Crapping on him caush White. Tris Speaker,Joe D,Lou G, etc all top 10

I have no problem saying that Babe Ruth is THE most important player in baseball history, but I wonder...If he had played his entire career outside the Polo Grounds and Old Yankee Stadium, would he have hit as many homers? Both stadiums had very short porches in right field, making it far easier to get a ball over the fence. I don't know, but he did revolutionize the sport almost single handedly.

Yes

Look at it this way, if we only had one professional sport for all athletes would the others be as dominant

My baseball Rushmore is (from top to bottom) Ruth, Mays, Aaron, and Cobb.

He is a god given inspiration.

Thanks. Long before enjoying your video, I concluded the Babe was the best, because his pitching skills were so strong. If I recall, Kevin Burns' "BASEBALL" documentary noted that Ruth had pitching records that stood until the 1960's. Case closed. For what it's worth, my list is Ruth; Mays; Mantle. In each case, I value versatility. If Shohei continues, he might join them.

Something about the way you said it made it seem to me like Ruth lost more World Series than I thought he did... But he was 7 for 10.

0:30 takes my breath away everytime

You didn’t consider Ted Williams because he went to war twice and missed time? First of all that’s absolutely ridiculous! With his missed time he still has Hall of Fame stats. Secondly, a steroid filled Barry bonds was considered? That’s damn near offensive.

It's head and shoulders above every other GOAT maybe Wilt can match in statistical dominance, Gretzky couldn't get it done without Messier. Brady's numbers aren't that impressive and can be credited to longevity.

No argument from me. Thank you.

He was hitting more home runs than any other TEAM. And Brady has more SBs wins than any single FRANCHISE. A big part of GOAT status is comparison to your contemporaries. Because it’s so hard to judge people of different eras. But it’s easier to judge how good a player is versus his contemporaries versus how good another player is versus their contemporaries. No one in MLB history was THAT much better than the other players of their time...

Babe. No one close. In 1923, today or 2123.

The greatest. Bar none.

I AGREE

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Ty Cobb is the GOAT, no doubt. The Babe is one of the greatest, certainly the most popular, but a little more myth than legend. Joe Jackson, Cap Anson, & Honus Wagner are all above the Babe for me as well. Ruth was the perfect player for the less scientific “live”(Juiced) ball era.

Yes. Next video....

It's all about that swing

If he's hittin baseballs like it was nothing, imagine gettin, slugged by this dude.