Babe Ruth


 
 
Babe Ruth

George Herman Ruth, (b. February 6, 1895, d. August 16, 1948), better known as Babe Ruth, also commonly known by the nicknames The Bambino and The Sultan of Swat, was an American baseball player and United States national icon. He was one of the first five players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame and he was the first player to hit over 30, 40 and 50 home runs in one season. His record of 60 home runs in the 1927 season stood for 34 years until it was broken by Roger Maris in 1961. He also was a member of the original American League All-Star team in 1933. In 1998, The Sporting News named Ruth as Number One in its list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players."

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As discussed in the 1988 book, The Babe: A Life in Pictures, by Lawrence Ritter and Mark Rucker, it is more than mere statistical records that make Babe Ruth unequivocally the greatest baseball player of all time. In several ways, he changed the nature of the game itself. His exploitation of the "power game" compelled other teams to follow suit, breaking the monopoly of the "inside game" that had been the primary strategy for decades. Ruth was the focal point of the start of what has become statistically the greatest sports dynasty in history, the New York Yankees. His international fame helped fuel the rising interest in sports during the Roaring Twenties as the fan base expanded significantly and triggered major expansion of nearly all the ballparks in the major leagues.

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~ Table of Content ~

Introduction
Early days
The Red Sox years
Ruth the Yankee
Impact on Baseball
The Greatest Season Ever
Troubled season
"The House That Ruth Built"
"The Bellyache Heard Around the World"
Return to the top
1927: A Team for the Ages
1928: Repeat
Personal life
1929-1931
Last Glory: The Called Shot
Decline and end with Yankees
Return to Boston
Retirement and later years
Illness
Death
Statistics
Trivia
The Infamous Asterisk
See also
Reference
External links
 
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