Outfield – Babe Ruth
Hope No No Nanette was worth it. Before the 1920 season, the Boston Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees so the Red Sox owner could produce that Broadway show. The rest, as they say is history.
The Yankees installed Ruth as their full time right fielder and he took full advantage of the short porch in right field. Ruth would retire as the record holder of many offensive categories and also an autograph that you want to hang on to and not play ball with.
Ruth is the Yankees all-time leader in WAR, batting average, OPS, RBI,walks, OPS+ and runs. He’s fifth in games, and doubles. He ranks sixth in triples.
During his Yankee tenure he led the league in runs six times, homers 10 times, RBI four times, and average once. He even threw two complete games as a starter, one of them coming when he was 38 years old. Together with Lou Gehrig, Ruth would form what is the greatest pair of hitters on one team at one time ever.
Ruth would go to the Boston Braves in 1935 for an uneventful 28 game stretch to end his career and would pass away in 1948. To me, Ruth is the greatest player in baseball history.