The Big Bam. The Sultan of Swat. The Great Bambino. The Caliph of Clout. The Behemoth of Bust. The Colossus of Clout. Babe Ruth. Whatever you call him, he was the greatest baseball player of all time. Though not known for it as well as his other feats, he was an amazing pitcher. He was also the biggest slugger ever. Though some said that Willie Mays was greater, Babe Ruth was more of and all around player, and a better hitter than Mays. These traits make him unquestionably the greatest player of all time.

In the first six years of his career, the Babe was one of the game’s best pitchers. He had a 94-46 win-loss record and a great 2.28 era (wiki). Some sources say that had he not stopped pitching to become a full time slugger, he could have been the greatest pitcher of all time (u-s-history). In one World Series stretch, he pitched 29 1/3 scoreless innings. In 1916, his best year, he had 8 more shutouts than 7-time Cy Young Award Winning Robert Clement’s best year (Bleacher Report). In 1919, he was sold to the Yankees, and pitched five games, all of them wins, before willingly easing out of pitching into an outfielder. …show more content…
When he was sold to the Yankees, he made the switch to be a full-time slugger. And it payed off. In 1927, he broke the home runs per season record with a staggering 60. In one year, he hit more home runs than all but one team. He is also on the top 10 statistical lists for hitting in 10 categories! Is that not amazing? Many said that the way he hit home runs was incredible. “No one hit home runs the way Babe did,” said his teammate Lefty Gomez, “They were something special.” (www.baberuth.com). Over his career, he had a batting average of .342: tenth all time