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Babe's fading legacy
Henderson becomes latest to break a Ruth record
Posted: Thursday April 26, 2001 2:38 AM
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Babe Ruth's name is slowly disappearing from the record book. AP |
By Jacob Luft, CNNSI.com
Breaking a record held by Babe Ruth was once considered sacrilegious. Now it is almost passé.
Rickey Henderson became the latest to surpass Ruth by eclipsing his career record for walks Wednesday night. Henderson took a ninth-inning bases on balls from the Phillies' Jose Mesa to notch No. 2,063.
The lone major career record still held by Ruth is his slugging percentage of .690, which is a whopping 56 points higher than the No. 2 man on the list -- Ted Williams.
The Babe still holds two important single-season records as well -- 170 walks in 1923 and an .846 slugging percentage in 1921.
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With the exception of slugging percentage, all of Babe Ruth's significant career records have been broken.
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| Record |
Held |
Broken By |
Currently Held |
| HR -- 714 |
1921-74 |
H. Aaron |
H. Aaron, 755 |
| RBIs -- 2,213 |
1932-75 |
H. Aaron |
H. Aaron, 2,297 |
| K's -- 1,330 |
1926-64 |
M. Mantle (1,710) |
R. Jackson, 2,597 |
| BBs -- 2,062 |
1930-01 |
R. Henderson |
R. Henderson, 2,063 |
| OBP -- .474 |
1923-47 |
T. Williams |
T. Williams, .483 |
| Slg. Pct. -- .690 |
1923- |
NA |
Ruth |
| At-bats/HR -- 11.76 |
1923-98 |
M. McGwire |
M. McGwire, 10.6 |
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| Babe's Single-Season Records |
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Babe Ruth still has a couple of his significant single-season records.
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Held |
Broken By |
Currently Held |
| HR -- 60 |
1927-61 |
R. Maris (61) |
M. McGwire, 70 |
| RBIs -- 171 |
1921-27 |
L. Gehrig (175) |
H. Wilson, 191 |
| BBs -- 170 |
1923- |
NA |
Ruth |
| Slg. Pct. -- .846 |
1921- |
NA |
Ruth |
| At-bats/HR -- 8.48 |
1920-96 |
M. McGwire (8.13) |
M. McGwire, 7.27 |
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