Babe Ruth's 60 Home Runs in 1927
HR Date Game RuthInning Opposing Team, Pitcher Men Result
1 April 15 4 4 1 Philadelphia, Howard Ehmke 0 W 6-3
2 April 23 11 11 1 at Philadelphia, Rube Walberg* 0 L 3-4
3 April 24 12 12 6 at Washington, Hollis Thurston 0 W 6-2
4 April 29 14 14 5 at Boston, Slim Harriss 0 W 9-0
5 May 1 16 16 1 Philadelphia, Jack Quinn 1 W 7-3
6 May 1 16 16 8 Philadelphia, Rube Walberg* 1
7 May 10 24 24 1 at St. Louis, Milt Gaston 2 W 8-7
8 May 11 25 25 1 at St. Louis, Ernie Nevers 1 W 4-2
9 May 17 29 29 8 at Detroit, Harry Collins 0 W 9-2
10 May 22 33 33 6 at Cleveland, Benn Karr 1 W 7-2
11 May 23 34 34 1 at Washington, Hollis Thurston 0 L 2-3
12 May 28 (1) 37 37 7 Washington, Hollis Thurston 2 W 8-2
13 May 29 39 39 8 Boston, Danny MacFayden 0 W 15-7
14 May 30 41 41 11 at Philadelphia, Rube Walberg* 0 W 6-5 (11)
15 May 31 (1) 42 42 1 at Philadelphia, Jack Quinn 1 W 10-3
16 May 31 (2) 43 43 5 at Philadelphia, Howard Ehmke 1 W 18-5
17 June 5 47 47 6 Detroit, Earl Whitehill* 0 W 5-3
18 June 7 48 48 4 Chicago, Tommy Thomas 0 W 4-1
19 June 11 52 52 3 Cleveland, Garland Buckeye* 1 W 6-4
20 June 11 52 52 5 Cleveland, Garland Buckeye* 0 W 6-4
21 June 12 53 53 7 Cleveland, George Uhle 0 L 7-8
22 June 16 55 55 1 St. Louis, Tom Zachary* 1 W 8-1
23 June 22 (1) 60 60 5 at Boston, Hal Wiltse* 0 W 7-4
24 June 22 (1) 60 60 7 at Boston, Hal Wiltse* 1
25 June 30 70 66 4 Boston, Slim Harriss 1 W 13-6
26 July 3 73 69 1 at Washington, Hod Lisenbee 0 L 5-6
27 July 8 (2) 78 74 2 at Detroit, Don Hankins 2 W 10-8
28 July 9 (1) 79 75 1 at Detroit, Ken Holloway 1 W 19-7
29 July 9 (1) 79 75 4 at Detroit, Ken Holloway 2
30 July 12 83 79 9 at Cleveland, Joe Shaute* 1 W 7-0
31 July 24 94 90 3 at Chicago, Tommy Thomas 0 W 3-2
32 July 26 (1) 95 91 1 St. Louis, Milt Gaston 1 W 15-1
33 July 26 (1) 95 91 6 St. Louis, Milt Gaston 0
34 July 28 98 94 8 St. Louis, Walter Stewart* 1 W 9-4
35 August 5 106 102 8 Detroit, George Smith 0 W 5-2
36 August 10 110 106 3 at Washington, Tom Zachary* 2 W 4-3
37 August 16 114 110 5 at Chicago, Tommy Thomas 0 W 8-1
38 August 17 115 111 11 at Chicago, Sarge Connally 0 W 3-2 (11)
39 August 20 118 114 1 at Cleveland, Jake Miller* 1 L 8-14
40 August 22 120 116 6 at Cleveland, Joe Shaute* 0 L 4-9
41 August 27 124 120 8 at St. Louis, Ernie Nevers 1 W 14-4
42 August 28 125 121 1 at St. Louis, Ernie Wingard* 1 W 10-6
43 August 31 127 123 1 Boston, Tony Welzer 0 W 10-3
44 Sept 2 128 124 1 at Philadelphia, Rube Walberg* 0 W 12-2
45 Sept 6 (1) 132 128 6 at Boston, Tony Welzer 2 W 14-2
46 Sept 6 (1) 132 128 7 at Boston, Tony Welzer 1
47 Sept 6 133 129 9 at Boston, Jack Russell 1 L 2-5
48 Sept 7 134 130 1 at Boston, Danny MacFayden 0 W 12-10
49 Sept 7 134 130 8 at Boston, Slim Harriss 1
50 Sept 11 138 134 4 St. Louis, Milt Gaston 0 L 2-6
51 Sept 13 (1)139 135 7 Cleveland, Willis Hudlin 1 W 5-3
52 Sept 13 (2)140 136 4 Cleveland, Joe Shaute* 0 W 5-3
53 Sept 16 143 139 3 Chicago, Ted Blankenship 0 W 7-2
54 Sept 18 (2)147 143 5 Chicago, Ted Lyons 1 W 5-1
55 Sept 21 148 144 9 Detroit, Sam Gibson 0 L 1-6
56 Sept 22 149 145 9 Detroit, Ken Holloway 1 W 8-7
57 Sept 27 152 148 6 Philadelphia, Lefty Grove* 3 W 7-4
58 Sept 29 153 149 1 Washington, Hod Lisenbee 0 W 15-4
59 Sept 29 153 149 5 Washington, Paul Hopkins 3
60 Sept 30 154 150 8 Washington, Tom Zachary* 1 W 4-2
* lefthanded pitcher
Home Runs:
vs. Boston (11)
vs. Cleveland (9)
vs. Philadelphia (9)
vs. St. Louis (9)
vs. Detroit (8)
vs. Washington (8)
vs. Chicago (6)
Home Runs by Inning:
First (17)
Second (1)
Third (4)
Fourth (5)
Fifth (7)
Sixth (7)
Seventh (5)
Eighth (8)
Ninth (4)
Eleventh (2)
- Yankees were 43-9 (.827) in games which Ruth homered
- HR at Yankee Stadium: 28
- HR on the road: 32
- HR off righthanded pitchers: 41
- HR off lefthanded pitchers: 19
- Multiple HR games: 8
- July 8th in Detroit was Ruth's only inside-the-park HR in 1927
- Two Grand Slams: #57 and #59
- 27 Solo HR
- His 60 HR drove in 102 RBI
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