Show Ruth Alone Hit More Homers This Year Than 11 Twelve Clubs In Major Leagues When Babe Ruth made 60 home runs during the season of or 1927 1027 to break his best previous effort t of 59 made In 1921 he also established another record that it Is doubtful if any slugger will equal In making those 60 home runs Ruth performed the almost incon inconceivable reliable feat of driving out all aU by himself more circuit swats than did the entire squad of any other Amer- Amer Amerlean lean can league club with the exception of f New York of course The The- Yankees made 15 home runs of f which Ruth Gehrig and La Lazzer erl contributed Gehrig adding 47 and Lessen Lazzeri 18 to the 60 the Babe accounted for The next net closest club I to the Yankees was the Athletics with 56 then St. St Louis with 55 and De De- Detroit Detroit Detroit troit 51 Cleveland with 26 had the lowest mark in the home run column I In the National league only three I teams made ma e more home runs than Ruths Ruth's mark muk of 60 The Giants knocked out four-base four swats while St St. Louis made 84 and Chicago o 74 There are are arc short fences in all three parks taking something some thin oft off the prem prem- premium premIum ium lum that ordinarily goes with home run hitting Thus Ruth all alone made more home runs run than the combined personnel per per- personnel personnel of each of or 12 other major league clubs Lou Gehrig with 47 had a a. higher mark than the com com- combined combined combined slugging of seven of the major league le gue clubs chubs Ruth continued merrily on his way in the world series senes getting two more home runs in four g games roes even a a. trifle better than his average for the season 60 homers in games His entire total for the year ear spring train train- trainIng I Ing log and barnstorming games included will be close se to |