The road for records

During 15 seasons in New York, Ruth led the league or placed in the top ten in batting average, slugging percentage, runs, total bases, home runs, RBI, and walks several times.

Ruth's 60 home runs in 1927 was the single season home run record for 34 years until it was broken by Roger Maris (61 HR in 1961), then by Barry Bonds (73 HR in 2001).

The lifetime total of homeruns is considered in Baseball as the most important number. Indeed, it required to stay on top during such a long time (at least 20 years).

Ruth's lifetime total of 714 home runs was once considered one of Major League Baseball's "unbreakable" records, but Hank Aaron broke it in 1974 (Barry Bonds broke Aaron's record in 2007). Barry Bonds is today at 762 carreer home runs and said yesterday that he won't retire this season, so this main record will rise again for sure in the following years...

But Babe Ruth's 714 home runs are still on the 3rd position on the list and considering the technology and research (material and biological) progress since the last 80 years, this performance can be considered as the hugest in baseball.