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He followed the unprecedented success of 1920 with more of the same the following year. Hitting .376 in 152 games, he drove in 171 runs and scored 177, and finished just percentage points below his 1920 figures for slugging and reaching base. Most astonishingly, he broke the home run record for the third straight year, clouting 59 round trippers. Along with the pitching of Carl Mays, Waite Hoyt and Bob Shawkey, the bats of Ruth and Bob Meusel would carry the Yankees to their first ever World Series, a 5-3 loss to their NY rival [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]]. Game 4 also saw Ruth hit his first post season home run.
The World Series appearance would lead to problems for Ruth. Seeking to avoid diminishing the meaning of the fall classic, organised baseball prohibited World Series players from playing in exhibition games during the off-season. Ruth, typically, decided this rule did not apply to him and embarked on his usual lucrative barnstorming tour with two teammates. [[Kenesaw Mountain Landis|Commissioner Landis]] came down hard on the recalcitrant players, suspending Ruth for the first six weeks of what was to be a turbulent 1922 season.
*1920-23 - amazing seasons
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