Roger Connor held the record for career home runs with 138, until Babe Ruth broke the record in 1921 when he hit number 139.
Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's record for career home runs. Ruth hit 714 career homers, Aaron broke that record and went on to record 745 career home runs before retiring in 1975.
Babe Ruth is the greatest baseball player in history because his sixty homers wasn't matched until Roger Maris broke the record in 1961 when Maris hit 61 homers.
Before Babe Ruth broke the career home run record, it was held by Roger Connor with 138.
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As a pitcher Babe Ruth had a record of 94 wins 46 losses with an ERA of 2.28
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Babe Ruth set the record for home runs, with an amount of 714 home runs.
One record that Babe Rut broke was Roger Connor's record for career home runs with 138. Babe Ruth broke the record in 1921 when he hit number 139.
Babe Ruth led the AL in home runs from 1926 till 1931 (last year was a tie) -- a streak of six consecutive seasons. Jimmie Foxx hit 58 homers in 1932, ending Ruth's streak.
Roger Maris hit his 61st blast over the right field wall at Yankee Stadium. The first recor was held by Babe Ruth until Maris broke it.
Babe Ruth's best record as a pitcher was 23-12 in 1916. He registered a 1.75 ERA during that season.