File:Babe Ruth and other Red Sox Pitchers, 1915.jpg
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Left to right: George "Rube" Foster (1888–1976), Carl Mays (1891–1971), Ernest "Ernie" Shore (1891–1980), George Herman "Babe" Ruth (1895–1948), and Hubert Benjamin "Dutch" Leonard (1892–1952) When signed by the Boston Red Sox in 1914, the thin, muscular 6’2" Babe Ruth was a gifted pitcher. In 1915 he established himself as a star with an 18–8 win-loss record and a 2.44 ERA. The next year, his league-leading nine shutouts and 1.75 ERA helped the Red Sox repeat as world champions. Wartime restrictions shortened the 1918 season and thinned the ranks of players. (As a married man, Ruth was not drafted.) Ruth played the outfield as well as pitched, responding with a 13–7 record; he was also tied for a league-leading eleven home runs. His two shutouts in the 1918 World Series set a record for scoreless innings that stood until 1961. During 1919, his last season with the Red Sox, he gave up pitching to become a full-time outfielder. By that time, he had compiled an 89–46 win-loss record with a 2.28 ERA, leaving little doubt he could have been one of baseball’s greatest pitchers. |
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