Why?

I am a baseball fan- I play Fantasy every year. I still think Babe Ruth is a greater player than Barry Bonds. That being said, why do people say that Ruth was a strikeout machine? In most of his career, he had twice as many walks as strikeouts. All-time, Ruth is 83rd according to Baseball Reference. So why have I always heard he struck out alot? I think it is the classic case of the motivational saying gone wrong. Whenever I heard motivational speeches that dealt with overcoming failure, it was always quoted that Ruth did lead in home runs all-time, but also led in strikeouts. If I ever hear that again, I may scream. Maybe.