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Babe Ruth vs Joe DiMaggio Comparison

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Seasons

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Babe Ruth

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Joe DiMaggio

 

Info

Teams

Babe Ruth Boston Reds Sox (1914-1919), New York Yankees (1920-1934), Boston Braves (1935)
Joe DiMaggio New York Yankees (1936-1942, 1946-1951)

Position

Babe Ruth Outfielder, Pitcher
Joe DiMaggio Outfield

Height

Babe Ruth 6'2"
Joe DiMaggio 6'2"

Weight

Babe Ruth 215
Joe DiMaggio 193

Bats

Babe Ruth Left
Joe DiMaggio Right

Throws

Babe Ruth Left
Joe DiMaggio Right

World Series And Playoff Appearances

World Series

Babe Ruth 7 (1915-1916, 1918, 1923, 1927-1928, 1932) StarStarStarStarStarStarStar
Joe DiMaggio 9 (1936-1939, 1941, 1947, 1949-1951) StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar

World Series Appearances

Babe Ruth 10 (1915-1916, 1918, 1921-1923, 1926-1928, 1932) StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar
Joe DiMaggio 10 (1936-1939, 1941-1942, 1947, 1949-1951) StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar

Playoff Appearances

Babe Ruth 10 (1915-1916, 1918, 1921-1923, 1926-1928, 1932) StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar
Joe DiMaggio 10 (1936-1939, 1941-1942, 1947, 1949-1951) StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar

Awards And Honors

Hall of Fame

Babe Ruth Yes 95.13% in 1936
Joe DiMaggio Yes 88.84% in 1955

Number Retired

Babe Ruth Yes Yankees #3
Joe DiMaggio Yes Yankees #5

MVP

Babe Ruth 1 (1923) Star
Joe DiMaggio 3 (1939, 1941, 1947) StarStarStar

Rookie of the Year

Babe Ruth No
Joe DiMaggio 13 (1936-1942, 1946-1951) StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar

League Batting Champion

Babe Ruth 1 (1924) Star
Joe DiMaggio 2 (1939-1940) StarStar

League Leader in Home Runs

Babe Ruth 12 (1918–1921, 1923, 1924, 1926–1931) StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar
Joe DiMaggio 2 (1937, 1948) StarStar

League Leader in RBIs

Babe Ruth 6 (1919–1921, 1923, 1926, 1928) StarStarStarStarStarStar
Joe DiMaggio 2 (1941, 1948) StarStar

League Leader in Stolen Bases

Babe Ruth 0
Joe DiMaggio 0

League Leader in Total Bases

Babe Ruth 6 (1919, 1921, 1923-1924, 1926, 1928) StarStarStarStarStarStar
Joe DiMaggio 3 (1937, 1941, 1948) StarStarStar

League Leader in Doubles

Babe Ruth 0
Joe DiMaggio 0

League Leader in Triples

Babe Ruth 0
Joe DiMaggio 1 (1936) Star

League Leader in Runs

Babe Ruth 8 (1919-1921, 1923-1924) StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar
Joe DiMaggio 2 (1937) StarStar

League Leader in On-Base Percentage

Babe Ruth 10 (1919-1921, 1923-1924, 1926-1927, 1930-1932) StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar
Joe DiMaggio 0

League Leader in Slugging Percentage

Babe Ruth 13 (1918-1924, 1926-1931) StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar
Joe DiMaggio 2 (1937, 1950) StarStar

Hitting

Games (G)

Babe Ruth 2,503
Joe DiMaggio 1,715

Plate Appearances (PA)

Babe Ruth 10,626
Joe DiMaggio 7,672

At Bats (AB)

Babe Ruth 8,399
Joe DiMaggio 6,821

Batting Average (BA)

Babe Ruth 0.342
Joe DiMaggio 0.325

Hits (H)

Babe Ruth 2,873
Joe DiMaggio 2,214

Runs (R)

Babe Ruth 2,174
Joe DiMaggio 1,390

Home Runs (HR)

Babe Ruth 714
Joe DiMaggio 361

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Babe Ruth 2,214
Joe DiMaggio 1,537

Doubles (2B)

Babe Ruth 506
Joe DiMaggio 389

Triples (3B)

Babe Ruth 136
Joe DiMaggio 131

Walks (BB)

Babe Ruth 2,062
Joe DiMaggio 790

Strikeouts (SO)

Babe Ruth 1,330
Joe DiMaggio 369

Stolen Bases (SB)

Babe Ruth 123
Joe DiMaggio 30

Caught Stealing (CS)

Babe Ruth 0,0,,,,,14,13,5,21,13,4,9,6,5,3,10,4,2,5,3,0
Joe DiMaggio 9

On Base Percentage (OBP)

Babe Ruth 0.474
Joe DiMaggio 0.398

Slugging Percentage (SLG)

Babe Ruth 0.690
Joe DiMaggio 0.579

On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Babe Ruth 1.164
Joe DiMaggio 0.977

Hit by Pitch (HBP)

Babe Ruth 43
Joe DiMaggio 46

Total Bases (TB)

Babe Ruth 5,793
Joe DiMaggio 3,948

Extra Base Hit (XBH)

Babe Ruth 1,356
Joe DiMaggio 881

Batting Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)

Babe Ruth 0.340
Joe DiMaggio 0.304

Isolated Power (ISOP)

Babe Ruth 0.348
Joe DiMaggio 0.254

Secondary Average (SECA)

Babe Ruth 0.594
Joe DiMaggio 0.373

Total Average (TotA)

Babe Ruth 1.400
Joe DiMaggio 1.012

Power-Speed (PwrSpd)

Babe Ruth 209.8
Joe DiMaggio 55.4

Walk Percentage (BB%)

Babe Ruth 19.4%
Joe DiMaggio 10.3%

Strikeouts Percentage (SO%)

Babe Ruth 12.5%
Joe DiMaggio 4.8%

Ball In-Play Percentage (IP%)

Babe Ruth 60%
Joe DiMaggio 79%

At Bats per Home Run (ABPHR)

Babe Ruth 11.8
Joe DiMaggio 18.9

Wins Above Replacement (WAR)

Babe Ruth 163.1
Joe DiMaggio 78.1

Runs Created (RC)

Babe Ruth 2,718
Joe DiMaggio 1,569

Playoff Hitting

Games (G)

Babe Ruth 41
Joe DiMaggio 51

Plate Appearances (PA)

Babe Ruth 167
Joe DiMaggio 220

At Bats (AB)

Babe Ruth 129
Joe DiMaggio 199

Batting Average (BA)

Babe Ruth .326
Joe DiMaggio .271

Hits (H)

Babe Ruth 42
Joe DiMaggio 54

Runs (R)

Babe Ruth 37
Joe DiMaggio 27

Home Runs (HR)

Babe Ruth 15
Joe DiMaggio 8

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Babe Ruth 33
Joe DiMaggio 30

Doubles (2B)

Babe Ruth 5
Joe DiMaggio 6

Triples (3B)

Babe Ruth 2
Joe DiMaggio 0

Walks (BB)

Babe Ruth 33
Joe DiMaggio 19

Strikeouts (SO)

Babe Ruth 30
Joe DiMaggio 23

Stolen Bases (SB)

Babe Ruth 4
Joe DiMaggio 0

Caught Stealing (CS)

Babe Ruth 3
Joe DiMaggio 0

Hit by Pitch (HBP)

Babe Ruth 2
Joe DiMaggio 1

Total Bases (TB)

Babe Ruth 96
Joe DiMaggio 84

On Base Percentage (OBP)

Babe Ruth .470
Joe DiMaggio .338

Slugging Percentage (SLG)

Babe Ruth .744
Joe DiMaggio .422

On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Babe Ruth 1.214
Joe DiMaggio 0.760

Bating Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)

Babe Ruth .321
Joe DiMaggio .274

Strikeouts Percentage (SO%)

Babe Ruth 18.0%
Joe DiMaggio 10.5%

Walk Percentage (BBP)

Babe Ruth 19.8%
Joe DiMaggio 8.6%

Isolated Power (ISOP)

Babe Ruth .419
Joe DiMaggio .151

Secondary Average (SECA)

Babe Ruth .682
Joe DiMaggio .246

Extra Base Hit (XBH)

Babe Ruth 22
Joe DiMaggio 14

Best Hitting

Games (G)

Babe Ruth 154 (1928)
Joe DiMaggio 187 (1937)

At Bats (AB)

Babe Ruth 540 (1927)
Joe DiMaggio 637 (1936)

Plate Appearances (PA)

Babe Ruth 697 (1923)
Joe DiMaggio 692 (1937)

Batting Average (BA)

Babe Ruth 0.393 (1923)
Joe DiMaggio 0.381 (1939)

Hits (H)

Babe Ruth 205 (1923)
Joe DiMaggio 215 (1937)

Runs (R)

Babe Ruth 177 (1921)
Joe DiMaggio 151 (1937)

Home Runs (HR)

Babe Ruth 60 (1927)
Joe DiMaggio 46 (1937)

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Babe Ruth 168 (1921)
Joe DiMaggio 167 (1937)

Doubles (2B)

Babe Ruth 45 (1923)
Joe DiMaggio 44 (1936)

Triples (3B)

Babe Ruth 16 (1921)
Joe DiMaggio 15 (1937)

Walks (BB)

Babe Ruth 170 (1923)
Joe DiMaggio 80 (1950)

Strikeouts (SO)

Babe Ruth 4 (1914)
Joe DiMaggio 13 (1941)

Stolen Bases (SB)

Babe Ruth 17 (1923)
Joe DiMaggio 6 (1938)

Caught Stealing (CS)

Babe Ruth 0 (1935)
Joe DiMaggio 0 (1951)

Hit by Pitch (HBP)

Babe Ruth 6 (1919)
Joe DiMaggio 8 (1948)

Total Bases (TB)

Babe Ruth 457 (1921)
Joe DiMaggio 418 (1937)

On Base Percentage (OBP)

Babe Ruth 0.545 (1923)
Joe DiMaggio 0.459 (1949)

Slugging Percentage (SLG)

Babe Ruth 0.847 (1920)
Joe DiMaggio 0.673 (1937)

On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Babe Ruth 1.379 (1920)
Joe DiMaggio 1.119 (1939)

Wins Above Replacement (WAR)

Babe Ruth 14.1 (1923)
Joe DiMaggio 9.1 (1941)

Runs Created (RC)

Babe Ruth 229 (1921)
Joe DiMaggio 171 (1937)

Bating Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)

Babe Ruth 0.423 (1923)
Joe DiMaggio 0.354 (1939)

Isolated Power (ISOP)

Babe Ruth 0.472 (1920)
Joe DiMaggio 0.327 (1937)

Secondary Average (SECA)

Babe Ruth 0.799 (1920)
Joe DiMaggio 0.449 (1949)

Strikeouts Percentage (KP)

Babe Ruth 7.7% (1931)
Joe DiMaggio 2.1% (1941)

Walk Percentage (BBP)

Babe Ruth 24.4% (1923)
Joe DiMaggio 16.7% (1949)

At Bats per Home Run (ABPHR)

Babe Ruth 0.0 (1914)
Joe DiMaggio 13.5 (1937)

Extra Base Hit (XBH)

Babe Ruth 119 (1921)
Joe DiMaggio 96 (1937)

Sacrifice Flies (SF)

Babe Ruth 0 (1935)
Joe DiMaggio 0 (1951)

Seasons

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Info

Teams

Babe Ruth Boston Reds Sox (1914-1919), New York Yankees (1920-1934), Boston Braves (1935)
Joe DiMaggio New York Yankees (1936-1942, 1946-1951)

Position

Babe Ruth Outfielder, Pitcher
Joe DiMaggio Outfield

Height

Babe Ruth 6'2"
Joe DiMaggio 6'2"

Weight

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Bats

Babe Ruth Left
Joe DiMaggio Right

Throws

Babe Ruth Left
Joe DiMaggio Right

World Series And Playoff Appearances

World Series

Babe Ruth 7 (1915-1916, 1918, 1923, 1927-1928, 1932)
Joe DiMaggio 9 (1936-1939, 1941, 1947, 1949-1951)

World Series Appearances

Babe Ruth 10 (1915-1916, 1918, 1921-1923, 1926-1928, 1932)
Joe DiMaggio 10 (1936-1939, 1941-1942, 1947, 1949-1951)

Playoff Appearances

Babe Ruth 10 (1915-1916, 1918, 1921-1923, 1926-1928, 1932)
Joe DiMaggio 10 (1936-1939, 1941-1942, 1947, 1949-1951)

Awards And Honors

Hall of Fame

Babe Ruth Yes 95.13% in 1936
Joe DiMaggio Yes 88.84% in 1955

Number Retired

Babe Ruth Yes Yankees #3
Joe DiMaggio Yes Yankees #5

MVP

Babe Ruth 1 (1923)
Joe DiMaggio 3 (1939, 1941, 1947)

Rookie of the Year

Babe Ruth No
Joe DiMaggio 13 (1936-1942, 1946-1951)

League Batting Champion

Babe Ruth 1 (1924)
Joe DiMaggio 2 (1939-1940)

League Leader in Home Runs

Babe Ruth 12 (1918–1921, 1923, 1924, 1926–1931)
Joe DiMaggio 2 (1937, 1948)

League Leader in RBIs

Babe Ruth 6 (1919–1921, 1923, 1926, 1928)
Joe DiMaggio 2 (1941, 1948)

League Leader in Stolen Bases

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

League Leader in Total Bases

Babe Ruth 6 (1919, 1921, 1923-1924, 1926, 1928)
Joe DiMaggio 3 (1937, 1941, 1948)

League Leader in Doubles

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

League Leader in Triples

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

League Leader in Runs

Babe Ruth 8 (1919-1921, 1923-1924)
Joe DiMaggio 2 (1937)

League Leader in On-Base Percentage

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

League Leader in Slugging Percentage

Babe Ruth 13 (1918-1924, 1926-1931)
Joe DiMaggio 2 (1937, 1950)

Hitting

Games (G)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Plate Appearances (PA)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

At Bats (AB)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Batting Average (BA)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Hits (H)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Runs (R)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Home Runs (HR)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Doubles (2B)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Triples (3B)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Walks (BB)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Strikeouts (SO)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Stolen Bases (SB)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Caught Stealing (CS)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

On Base Percentage (OBP)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Slugging Percentage (SLG)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Hit by Pitch (HBP)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Total Bases (TB)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Extra Base Hit (XBH)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Batting Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Isolated Power (ISOP)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Secondary Average (SECA)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Total Average (TotA)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Power-Speed (PwrSpd)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Walk Percentage (BB%)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Strikeouts Percentage (SO%)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Ball In-Play Percentage (IP%)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

At Bats per Home Run (ABPHR)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Wins Above Replacement (WAR)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Runs Created (RC)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Playoff Hitting

Games (G)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Plate Appearances (PA)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

At Bats (AB)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Batting Average (BA)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Hits (H)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Runs (R)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Home Runs (HR)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Doubles (2B)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Triples (3B)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Walks (BB)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Strikeouts (SO)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Stolen Bases (SB)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Caught Stealing (CS)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Hit by Pitch (HBP)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Total Bases (TB)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

On Base Percentage (OBP)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Slugging Percentage (SLG)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Bating Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Strikeouts Percentage (SO%)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Walk Percentage (BBP)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Isolated Power (ISOP)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Secondary Average (SECA)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

Extra Base Hit (XBH)

Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio

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