First player to hit 60 home runs in one season (1927)
Lifetime total of 714 home runs at his retirement in 1935 was a record for 39 years
Was one of the first five players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
Named the greatest baseball player in history in various surveys and rankings, his home run hitting prowess and charismatic personality made him a larger than life figure in the "Roaring Twenties"