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- season before -- which
- the Babe himself had
- done in 1919!
-
- From 1926 through 1931,
- Babe averaged more than 50 home runs a
- year. He hit 60 home runs in 1927 and 714
- home runs in his career, both records that
- would stand for a long time. (Roger Maris
- hit 61 home runs in 1961, and Hank Aaron
- hit his 715th home run in 1973.) Babe was
- American League MVP in 1923, when he
- batted .393, with 41 home runs and 131 RBIs.
-
- Babe hit the first home run in the first All-Star
- Game, which was held in 1933. In all, he
- led the league in home runs 12 times
- and RBIs six times. His 2,056 career