The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created runs 22.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jane Leavy and Fred Sanders (about 15.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 22.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 46 days |
| 1 hour / day | 23 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 16 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 22.8 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
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Fred Sanders narrates 326 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,263 hours in all.
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About as long, on the The Americas shelf
165 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created is an audiobook by Jane Leavy: a 22.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Jane Leavy and Fred Sanders, released October 16, 2018, on the The Americas and Sports shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 22.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jane Leavy, Fred Sanders
- Released
- October 16, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Sports, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780062865793
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created as an audiobook?
The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created runs 22.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.2 hours.
Is The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created?
The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created is narrated by Jane Leavy and Fred Sanders.
Is The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.2 hours, saving 7.6 hours.