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Ruth hit home runs early and often in the 1921 season, during which he broke [[Roger Connor]]'s mark for home runs in a career, 138. Each of the almost 600 home runs Ruth hit in his career after that extended his own record. After a slow start, the Yankees were soon locked in a tight pennant race with Cleveland, winners of the [[1920 World Series]]. On September 15, Ruth hit his 55th home run, shattering his year-old single season record. In late September, the Yankees visited Cleveland and won three out of four games, giving them the upper hand in the race, and clinched their first pennant a few days later. Ruth finished the regular season with 59 home runs, batting .378 and with a [[slugging percentage]] of .846.<ref>{{harvp|Creamer|1992|pp=204, 238–240}}</ref> Ruth's 177 runs scored, 119 extra-base hits, and 457 total bases set modern-era records that still stand as of {{currentyear}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Single-Season Leaders & Records for Runs Scored|website=Baseball-Reference.com|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/R_season.shtml|access-date=June 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Single-Season Leaders & Records for Extra Base Hits|website=Baseball-Reference.com|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/XBH_season.shtml|access-date=June 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Single-Season Leaders & Records for Total Bases|website=Baseball-Reference.com|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/TB_season.shtml|access-date=June 19, 2021}}</ref>