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Career 1871-2014 (Regular Season)
Ruth and Gehrig
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Overall Players (1-20)     Go to Pitchers     Batters
Rk Name Last HOF PEVA
Bat		 PEVA
Pitch		 PEVA
Total		 Yrs. PEVA-B
Per Year		 Career
Hits		 HR RBI Ave. W L SV ERA
1 Babe Ruth HOFP 641.541 48.838 690.379 22 31.381 2873 714 2217 0.342 94 46 4 2.28
2 Barry Bonds NO
 606.700 0 606.700 22 27.577 2935 762 1996 0.298
3 Greg Maddux HOFP 0 594.209 594.209 23 25.835 272 5 84 0.171 355 227 0 3.16
4 Ty Cobb HOFP 569.252 0 569.252 24 23.719 4189 117 1937 0.366 0 0 1 3.60
5 Hank Aaron HOFP 535.808 0 535.808 23 23.296 3771 755 2297 0.305
6 Willie Mays HOFP 520.998 0 520.998 22 23.682 3283 660 1903 0.302
7 Cy Young HOFP 1.489 504.145 505.634 23 22.983 623 18 290 0.210 511 316 17 2.63
8 Ted Williams HOFP 493.074 0 493.074 19 25.951 2654 521 1839 0.344 0 0 0 4.50
9 Walter Johnson HOFP 8.897 479.881 488.778 21 23.275 547 24 255 0.235 417 239 34 2.17
10 Roger Clemens NO 487.448 487.448 24 20.310 31 0 12 0.173 354 184 0 3.12
11 Stan Musial HOFP 481.184 0 481.184 22 21.872 3630 475 1951 0.331 0 0 0 0.00
12 Tris Speaker HOFP 479.576 0 479.576 22 21.799 3514 117 1529 0.345 0 0 0 9.00
13 Lou Gehrig HOFP 479.522 0 479.522 17 28.207 2721 493 1995 0.340
14 Mickey Mantle HOFP 455.611 0 455.611 18 25.312 2415 536 1509 0.298
15 Honus Wagner HOFP 451.472 0 451.472 21 21.499 3415 101 1732 0.327 0 0 0 0.00
16 Cap Anson HOFP 432.886 0 432.886 27 16.033 3418 97 2076 0.333 0 1 1 4.50
17 Frank Robinson HOFP 411.403 0 411.403 21 19.591 2943 586 1812 0.294
18 Randy Johnson HOFP 0 408.708 408.708 22 18.578 78 1 40 0.125 303 166 2 3.29
19 Pete Alexander HOFP 1.383 386.297 387.680 20 19.384 378 11 163 0.209 373 208 32 2.56
20 Mike Schmidt HOFP 383.574 0 383.574 18 21.310 2234 548 1595 0.267

Babe Ruth, like no other player in history, combined the ability to hit and pitch at a maximum level.  In his early career with the Boston Red Sox, Ruth was a premier pitcher, winning 23 games in 1916 at the age of 21.  His Earned Run Average that year was 1.75 over 323.7 innings pitched.  But Ruth was not a one year wonder, winning 24 games the next year with a 2.01 ERA.  Even though it may seem so today, the era that Ruth pitched in really was not a hybrid era.  That time had predominantly passed.  In pre-1900 baseball leagues, it was commonplace for a player to both pitch and play a position on those days when he didn't take the mound.  See the statistics for someone like Al Spalding for the example of a hybrid pitcher and batter who did both at Hall of Fame levels, but by the time of Ruth and his exploits, it was rare.

Note: HOF (Hall of Fame), HOFP - Hall of Fame Player. NYE - Not Yet Eligible.  NO - Eligible, Not Elected.

PEVA-P for player with higher batting total only includes PEVA above minimum value for pitching, i.e. the additional value for the pitcher per season.  PEVA-B for players with higher pitching total only includes PEVA above minimum value for batting, i.e. the additional value for the batter per season.
 		Best Total Players Ever 1-20
Best Total Players Ever 21-40
Best Total Players Ever 41-60
Best Total Players Ever 61-80
Best Total Players Ever 81-100		 Rickey Henderson
Eddie Collins What is PEVA?
PEVA is the acronym for Stat Geek Baseball's New Player Rating value.  This grade is given to each player and pitcher each season, rating their performance on a peer to peer review.  Six components for pitchers and batters are melded together into the PEVA Rating, which ranges each year from 0.200 to 64.000. For more information on PEVA and the other new baseballevaluation.com Stats, see our Definitions page.  PEVA ratings are available for every pitcher and hitter in baseball history.		 PEVA Scale
64.000 - Maximum
32.000 - Cy Young/MVP Candidate
20.000 - All League
15.000 - All-Star Level
10.000 - Very Good
3.500 - Average
0.200 - Minimum		 Frank Baker
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Photo Credits Top: Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig (Wikipedia Commons); Bottom; Eddie Collins (LOC); Rickey Henderson (Wikipedia Commons); Frank Baker (LOC).

Note: PEVA - Player Rating for Season or Career.  PEVA per Year - Average Player Rating per Total Number of Seasons.  Seasons include all seasons played with no monimum.

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