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Babe Ruth vs Roberto Clemente Comparison

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Babe Ruth

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Roberto Clemente

 

Info

Teams

Babe Ruth Boston Reds Sox (1914-1919), New York Yankees (1920-1934), Boston Braves (1935)
Roberto Clemente Pittsburgh Pirates (1955-1972)

Position

Babe Ruth Outfielder, Pitcher
Roberto Clemente Outfielder

Height

Babe Ruth 6'2"
Roberto Clemente 5'11"

Weight

Babe Ruth 215
Roberto Clemente 176

Bats

Babe Ruth Left
Roberto Clemente Right

Throws

Babe Ruth Left
Roberto Clemente Right

World Series And Playoff Appearances

World Series

Babe Ruth 7 (1915-1916, 1918, 1923, 1927-1928, 1932) StarStarStarStarStarStarStar
Roberto Clemente 2 (1960, 1971) StarStar

World Series Appearances

Babe Ruth 10 (1915-1916, 1918, 1921-1923, 1926-1928, 1932) StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar
Roberto Clemente 2 (1960, 1971) StarStar

Playoff Appearances

Babe Ruth 10 (1915-1916, 1918, 1921-1923, 1926-1928, 1932) StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar
Roberto Clemente 4 (1960, 1970-1972) StarStarStarStar

World Series MVP

Babe Ruth 0
Roberto Clemente 1 (1971) Star

Awards And Honors

Hall of Fame

Babe Ruth Yes 95.13% in 1936
Roberto Clemente Yes 92.7% in 1973

Number Retired

Babe Ruth Yes Yankees #3
Roberto Clemente Yes Pirates #21

MVP

Babe Ruth 1 (1923) Star
Roberto Clemente 1 (1966) Star

Gold Gloves

Babe Ruth 0
Roberto Clemente 12 (1961-1972) StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar

Rookie of the Year

Babe Ruth No
Roberto Clemente No

All-Star Games

Babe Ruth 2 (1933, 1934) StarStar
Roberto Clemente 15 (1960-1967, 1969-1972) StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar

League Batting Champion

Babe Ruth 1 (1924) Star
Roberto Clemente 4 (1961, 1964-1965, 1967) StarStarStarStar

League Leader in Home Runs

Babe Ruth 12 (1918–1921, 1923, 1924, 1926–1931) StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar
Roberto Clemente 0

League Leader in RBIs

Babe Ruth 6 (1919–1921, 1923, 1926, 1928) StarStarStarStarStarStar
Roberto Clemente 0

League Leader in Total Bases

Babe Ruth 6 (1919, 1921, 1923-1924, 1926, 1928) StarStarStarStarStarStar
Roberto Clemente 0

League Leader in Doubles

Babe Ruth 0
Roberto Clemente 0

League Leader in Triples

Babe Ruth 0
Roberto Clemente 1 (1969) Star

League Leader in Runs

Babe Ruth 8 (1919-1921, 1923-1924) StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar
Roberto Clemente 0

League Leader in On-Base Percentage

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

League Leader in Slugging Percentage

Babe Ruth 13 (1918-1924, 1926-1931) StarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar
Roberto Clemente 0

Hitting

Games (G)

Babe Ruth 2,503
Roberto Clemente 2,433

Plate Appearances (PA)

Babe Ruth 10,626
Roberto Clemente 10,211

At Bats (AB)

Babe Ruth 8,399
Roberto Clemente 9,454

Batting Average (BA)

Babe Ruth 0.342
Roberto Clemente 0.317

Hits (H)

Babe Ruth 2,873
Roberto Clemente 3,000

Runs (R)

Babe Ruth 2,174
Roberto Clemente 1,416

Home Runs (HR)

Babe Ruth 714
Roberto Clemente 240

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Babe Ruth 2,214
Roberto Clemente 1,305

Doubles (2B)

Babe Ruth 506
Roberto Clemente 440

Triples (3B)

Babe Ruth 136
Roberto Clemente 166

Walks (BB)

Babe Ruth 2,062
Roberto Clemente 621

Strikeouts (SO)

Babe Ruth 1,330
Roberto Clemente 1,230

Stolen Bases (SB)

Babe Ruth 123
Roberto Clemente 83

Caught Stealing (CS)

Babe Ruth 0,0,,,,,14,13,5,21,13,4,9,6,5,3,10,4,2,5,3,0
Roberto Clemente 46

On Base Percentage (OBP)

Babe Ruth 0.474
Roberto Clemente 0.359

Slugging Percentage (SLG)

Babe Ruth 0.690
Roberto Clemente 0.475

On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Babe Ruth 1.164
Roberto Clemente 0.834

Hit by Pitch (HBP)

Babe Ruth 43
Roberto Clemente 35

Total Bases (TB)

Babe Ruth 5,793
Roberto Clemente 4,492

Extra Base Hit (XBH)

Babe Ruth 1,356
Roberto Clemente 846

Batting Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)

Babe Ruth 0.340
Roberto Clemente 0.343

Isolated Power (ISOP)

Babe Ruth 0.348
Roberto Clemente 0.158

Secondary Average (SECA)

Babe Ruth 0.594
Roberto Clemente 0.227

Total Average (TotA)

Babe Ruth 1.400
Roberto Clemente 0.765

Power-Speed (PwrSpd)

Babe Ruth 209.8
Roberto Clemente 123.3

Walk Percentage (BB%)

Babe Ruth 19.4%
Roberto Clemente 6.1%

Strikeouts Percentage (SO%)

Babe Ruth 12.5%
Roberto Clemente 12.0%

Ball In-Play Percentage (IP%)

Babe Ruth 60%
Roberto Clemente 79%

At Bats per Home Run (ABPHR)

Babe Ruth 11.8
Roberto Clemente 39.4

Wins Above Replacement (WAR)

Babe Ruth 163.1
Roberto Clemente 94.6

Runs Created (RC)

Babe Ruth 2,718
Roberto Clemente 1,558

Fielding

Games (G)

Babe Ruth 2,436
Roberto Clemente 2,373

Games Started (GS)

Babe Ruth 2,392
Roberto Clemente 2,299

Innings (Inn)

Babe Ruth 20,357
Roberto Clemente 20,514.1

Fielding Percentage (FLD%)

Babe Ruth 0.968%
Roberto Clemente 0.972%

Errors (E)

Babe Ruth 179
Roberto Clemente 142

Chances (CH)

Babe Ruth 5,535
Roberto Clemente 5,108

Putouts (PO)

Babe Ruth 4,787
Roberto Clemente 4,697

Assists (A)

Babe Ruth 569
Roberto Clemente 269

Double Play (DP)

Babe Ruth 84
Roberto Clemente 42

Range Factor per Game (RF/G)

Babe Ruth 2.20
Roberto Clemente 2.09

Range Factor per Inning (RF/9)

Babe Ruth 2.37
Roberto Clemente 2.18

Playoff Hitting

Games (G)

Babe Ruth 41
Roberto Clemente 26

Plate Appearances (PA)

Babe Ruth 167
Roberto Clemente 113

At Bats (AB)

Babe Ruth 129
Roberto Clemente 107

Batting Average (BA)

Babe Ruth .326
Roberto Clemente .318

Hits (H)

Babe Ruth 42
Roberto Clemente 34

Runs (R)

Babe Ruth 37
Roberto Clemente 8

Home Runs (HR)

Babe Ruth 15
Roberto Clemente 3

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Babe Ruth 33
Roberto Clemente 14

Doubles (2B)

Babe Ruth 5
Roberto Clemente 3

Triples (3B)

Babe Ruth 2
Roberto Clemente 1

Walks (BB)

Babe Ruth 33
Roberto Clemente 6

Strikeouts (SO)

Babe Ruth 30
Roberto Clemente 21

Stolen Bases (SB)

Babe Ruth 4
Roberto Clemente 0

Caught Stealing (CS)

Babe Ruth 3
Roberto Clemente 0

Hit by Pitch (HBP)

Babe Ruth 2
Roberto Clemente 0

Total Bases (TB)

Babe Ruth 96
Roberto Clemente 48

On Base Percentage (OBP)

Babe Ruth .470
Roberto Clemente .354

Slugging Percentage (SLG)

Babe Ruth .744
Roberto Clemente .449

On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Babe Ruth 1.214
Roberto Clemente 0.803

Bating Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)

Babe Ruth .321
Roberto Clemente .373

Strikeouts Percentage (SO%)

Babe Ruth 18.0%
Roberto Clemente 18.6%

Walk Percentage (BBP)

Babe Ruth 19.8%
Roberto Clemente 5.3%

Isolated Power (ISOP)

Babe Ruth .419
Roberto Clemente .131

Secondary Average (SECA)

Babe Ruth .682
Roberto Clemente .187

Extra Base Hit (XBH)

Babe Ruth 22
Roberto Clemente 7

Best Hitting

Games (G)

Babe Ruth 154 (1928)
Roberto Clemente 155 (1964)

At Bats (AB)

Babe Ruth 540 (1927)
Roberto Clemente 638 (1966)

Plate Appearances (PA)

Babe Ruth 697 (1923)
Roberto Clemente 690 (1966)

Batting Average (BA)

Babe Ruth 0.393 (1923)
Roberto Clemente 0.357 (1967)

Hits (H)

Babe Ruth 205 (1923)
Roberto Clemente 211 (1964)

Runs (R)

Babe Ruth 177 (1921)
Roberto Clemente 105 (1966)

Home Runs (HR)

Babe Ruth 60 (1927)
Roberto Clemente 29 (1966)

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Babe Ruth 168 (1921)
Roberto Clemente 119 (1966)

Doubles (2B)

Babe Ruth 45 (1923)
Roberto Clemente 40 (1964)

Triples (3B)

Babe Ruth 16 (1921)
Roberto Clemente 14 (1965)

Walks (BB)

Babe Ruth 170 (1923)
Roberto Clemente 56 (1969)

Strikeouts (SO)

Babe Ruth 4 (1914)
Roberto Clemente 41 (1958)

Stolen Bases (SB)

Babe Ruth 17 (1923)
Roberto Clemente 12 (1963)

Caught Stealing (CS)

Babe Ruth 0 (1935)
Roberto Clemente 0 (1972)

Hit by Pitch (HBP)

Babe Ruth 6 (1919)
Roberto Clemente 5 (1965)

Total Bases (TB)

Babe Ruth 457 (1921)
Roberto Clemente 342 (1966)

On Base Percentage (OBP)

Babe Ruth 0.545 (1923)
Roberto Clemente 0.411 (1969)

Slugging Percentage (SLG)

Babe Ruth 0.847 (1920)
Roberto Clemente 0.559 (1961)

On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Babe Ruth 1.379 (1920)
Roberto Clemente 0.963 (1970)

Wins Above Replacement (WAR)

Babe Ruth 14.1 (1923)
Roberto Clemente 8.9 (1967)

Runs Created (RC)

Babe Ruth 229 (1921)
Roberto Clemente 126 (1967)

Bating Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)

Babe Ruth 0.423 (1923)
Roberto Clemente 0.403 (1967)

Isolated Power (ISOP)

Babe Ruth 0.472 (1920)
Roberto Clemente 0.219 (1966)

Secondary Average (SECA)

Babe Ruth 0.799 (1920)
Roberto Clemente 0.316 (1969)

Strikeouts Percentage (KP)

Babe Ruth 7.7% (1931)
Roberto Clemente 7.4% (1958)

Walk Percentage (BBP)

Babe Ruth 24.4% (1923)
Roberto Clemente 9.8% (1969)

At Bats per Home Run (ABPHR)

Babe Ruth 0.0 (1914)
Roberto Clemente 22.0 (1966)

Extra Base Hit (XBH)

Babe Ruth 119 (1921)
Roberto Clemente 71 (1966)

Sacrifice Flies (SF)

Babe Ruth 0 (1935)
Roberto Clemente 6 (1972)

Best Fielding

Games (G)

Babe Ruth 156 (1921)
Roberto Clemente 154 (1966)

Games Started (GS)

Babe Ruth 154 (1928)
Roberto Clemente 154 (1964)

Innings (Inn)

Babe Ruth 1371.0 (1923)
Roberto Clemente 1381.1 (1966)

Fielding Percentage (FLDP)

Babe Ruth 1.000% (1914)
Roberto Clemente 1.000% (1972)

Errors (E)

Babe Ruth 0 (1914)
Roberto Clemente 0 (1972)

Chances (CH)

Babe Ruth 452 (1923)
Roberto Clemente 347 (1966)

Putouts (PO)

Babe Ruth 419 (1923)
Roberto Clemente 318 (1966)

Assists (A)

Babe Ruth 101 (1917)
Roberto Clemente 27 (1961)

Double Play (DP)

Babe Ruth 16 (1918)
Roberto Clemente 5 (1961)

Range Factor per Game (RF/G)

Babe Ruth 3.72 (1918)
Roberto Clemente 2.58 (1957)

Range Factor per Inning (RF/9)

Babe Ruth 3.94 (1918)
Roberto Clemente 2.68 (1957)

Seasons

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Info

Teams

Babe Ruth Boston Reds Sox (1914-1919), New York Yankees (1920-1934), Boston Braves (1935)
Roberto Clemente Pittsburgh Pirates (1955-1972)

Position

Babe Ruth Outfielder, Pitcher
Roberto Clemente Outfielder

Height

Babe Ruth 6'2"
Roberto Clemente 5'11"

Weight

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Bats

Babe Ruth Left
Roberto Clemente Right

Throws

Babe Ruth Left
Roberto Clemente Right

World Series And Playoff Appearances

World Series

Babe Ruth 7 (1915-1916, 1918, 1923, 1927-1928, 1932)
Roberto Clemente 2 (1960, 1971)

World Series Appearances

Babe Ruth 10 (1915-1916, 1918, 1921-1923, 1926-1928, 1932)
Roberto Clemente 2 (1960, 1971)

Playoff Appearances

Babe Ruth 10 (1915-1916, 1918, 1921-1923, 1926-1928, 1932)
Roberto Clemente 4 (1960, 1970-1972)

World Series MVP

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Awards And Honors

Hall of Fame

Babe Ruth Yes 95.13% in 1936
Roberto Clemente Yes 92.7% in 1973

Number Retired

Babe Ruth Yes Yankees #3
Roberto Clemente Yes Pirates #21

MVP

Babe Ruth 1 (1923)
Roberto Clemente 1 (1966)

Gold Gloves

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Rookie of the Year

Babe Ruth No
Roberto Clemente No

All-Star Games

Babe Ruth 2 (1933, 1934)
Roberto Clemente 15 (1960-1967, 1969-1972)

League Batting Champion

Babe Ruth 1 (1924)
Roberto Clemente 4 (1961, 1964-1965, 1967)

League Leader in Home Runs

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

League Leader in RBIs

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

League Leader in Total Bases

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

League Leader in Doubles

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

League Leader in Triples

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

League Leader in Runs

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

League Leader in On-Base Percentage

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

League Leader in Slugging Percentage

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Hitting

Games (G)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Plate Appearances (PA)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

At Bats (AB)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Batting Average (BA)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Hits (H)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Runs (R)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Home Runs (HR)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Doubles (2B)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Triples (3B)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Walks (BB)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Strikeouts (SO)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Stolen Bases (SB)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Caught Stealing (CS)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

On Base Percentage (OBP)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Slugging Percentage (SLG)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Hit by Pitch (HBP)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Total Bases (TB)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Extra Base Hit (XBH)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Batting Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Isolated Power (ISOP)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Secondary Average (SECA)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Total Average (TotA)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Power-Speed (PwrSpd)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Walk Percentage (BB%)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Strikeouts Percentage (SO%)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Ball In-Play Percentage (IP%)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

At Bats per Home Run (ABPHR)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Wins Above Replacement (WAR)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Runs Created (RC)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Fielding

Games (G)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Games Started (GS)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Innings (Inn)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Fielding Percentage (FLD%)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Errors (E)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Chances (CH)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Putouts (PO)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Assists (A)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Double Play (DP)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Range Factor per Game (RF/G)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Range Factor per Inning (RF/9)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Playoff Hitting

Games (G)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Plate Appearances (PA)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

At Bats (AB)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Batting Average (BA)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Hits (H)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Runs (R)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Home Runs (HR)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Runs Batted In (RBI)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Doubles (2B)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Triples (3B)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Walks (BB)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Strikeouts (SO)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Stolen Bases (SB)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Caught Stealing (CS)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Hit by Pitch (HBP)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Total Bases (TB)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

On Base Percentage (OBP)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Slugging Percentage (SLG)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

On Base Percentage Plus Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Bating Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Strikeouts Percentage (SO%)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Walk Percentage (BBP)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Isolated Power (ISOP)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Secondary Average (SECA)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

Extra Base Hit (XBH)

Babe Ruth Roberto Clemente

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