Even if I wasn't a Yankees fan, I would still be astounded by George Herman Ruth's accomplishments, so I thought that it'd be nice to wish the man a Happy Birthday! I look at his stats, both regular and sabermetric and I am in awe. A career line of .342 /.474/.690 with an average of 46 HRs, 143 RBIs and 375 TB does that to me. Oh, and once you're done gawking at the hitting accomplishments, take gander at the pitching stats - a 2.28 ERA in 1221.3 innings (a 122 ERA+ and 15th best all-time). You can add on the 7 World Series rings as icing if you'd like.

He still holds the career records for (from Wikipedia)
* Extra base hits, season, 119, 1921
* Home runs, left handed batter, career, 714
* On base plus slugging (OPS), career, 1.164
* Runs batted in, left handed batter, career, 2210
* Runs created, career, 2910
* Runs created, season, 243, 1921
* Slugging percentage, career, .690
* Times reached base, season, 379, 1923
* Total bases, season, 457, 1921
* Most seasons leading league in slugging, 13
* Most seasons leading league in runs, 8
* Most seasons scoring 150 runs, 6