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Babe Ruth
When he joined the New York Yankees in 1920, Babe Ruth embarked on a home-run hitting campaign that would transform baseball and establish a record that would stand for nearly four decades.
Between 1915 and 1919, while playing for the Boston Red Sox, Babe Ruth won 87 games as a pitcher. During this period, he established himself as the premier left-handed pitcher in baseball, maintaining an earned run average of 2.16 and securing three World Series victories.1