# Canonical recap data for Babe Ruth's 60 Home Run Season (1927)
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slug: babe-ruth-60-homers
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1927/babe-ruth-60-homers"
title: Babe Ruth's 60 Home Run Season
subtitle: Ruth's record-breaking season captivated America during the Jazz Age and cemented baseball as the national pastime.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1927-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1927
decade: 1920
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", he began his MLB career as a star left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as
summaryLong: George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", he began his MLB career as a star left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. In 1936, Ruth was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its "first five" members.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Babe_Ruth2.jpg/1280px-Babe_Ruth2.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Babe Ruth"
importance: 82
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth"
  title: Babe Ruth
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- sports
metaDescription: George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. N
wikidataQid: Q213812
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  capturedAt: 2026-06-26
  label: Babe Ruth
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth"
