The Mount Rushmore of the New York Yankees
By Matt Meffe
Babe Ruth
When you mention baseball to a casual sports fan, the first name that always gets brought up is Babe Ruth. Ruth was incredibly influential in not only baseball, but the sports world in general. With the Yankees, Ruth managed to win four World Series rings. He was a two-time All-Star (both with the Yankees), an AL MVP, an AL batting champion, a 12-time home run leader (10 with the Yankees), a six-time RBI leader (five with the Yankees), a member of the MLB All-Century Team, and a member of the MLB All-Time Team.
As Ruth’s final playing days were approaching, his eagerness to continue working with the Yankees as a manager proved how much he loved the organization. Ruth is third on the all-time home run list, holding the record until Hank Aaron broke it in 1974. Ruth is a baseball icon, and an icon in the Yankees organization.
Yankees stats: 2,518 H/1,959 R/659 HR/1,978 RBI/1,852 BB/.349 BA/.484 OBP/.711 SLG