More Bambino

"If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery."
---George Herman Ruth



What could have been. The Great Bambino's pitching record looks like this:

1915... 18-8.... 2.44 ERA
1916... 23-12... 1.75 ERA (9 shutouts)
1917... 24-13... 2.01 ERA (35 complete games)

By 1918, the Red Sox began using him more as an outfielder, when he promptly led the AL with 11 Homers.