Babe Ruth's 60 Home Run Season (1927) by Baseball Almanac
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Babe Ruth's 60 Home Run Season (1927)
In 1927, Babe Ruth set the first truly long-term single season home run standard. However, his first Major League home run record was established during the 1919 season when he connected a then unbelievable twenty-nine times with the Boston Red Sox. The 1919 plateau was considered at the time an "unreachable mark" until the following year when the Bambino smashed his own record by going deep fifty-four times ï¿½ then beat that record just one year later when he went deep fifty-nine times. A few seasons passed and the 1920 record seemed safe until 1927, when the Sultan of Swat blasted sixty long balls in just one-hundred fifty-one games.
"I've never heard a crowd boo a homer but I've heard plenty of boos after a strike-out." - Babe Ruth
The Original 60 Home Runs
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The Original 60 : by Babe Ruth
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Distance marks of home runs were not "officially" kept in 1927, so we will never know who could truly hit the ball the furthest, but we welcome your opinion on our baseball message boards .
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