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On June 2, 1935, Babe Ruth, one of the greatest players in the history of baseball, ends
his Major League playing career after 22 seasons, 10 World Series and 714 home runs.
The following year, Ruth, a larger-than-life figure whose name became synonymous
with baseball, was one of the first five players inducted into the sport’s hall of fame.
George Herman Ruth was born February 6, 1895, into a poor family in Baltimore.
As a child, he was sent to St. Mary’s Industrial School for Boys, a school run by Roman
Catholic brothers, where he learned to play baseball and was a standout athlete.
At 19, Ruth was signed by the Baltimore Orioles. Ruth’s fellow teammates and
the media began referring to him as team owner Jack Dunn’s newest “babe,ö a
nickname that stuck. Ruth would later acquire other nicknames, including “The
Sultan of Swatö and “The Bambino.ö
Ruth made his Major League debut as a left-handed pitcher with the Red Sox
in July 1914 and pitched 89 winning games for the team before 1920, when
he was traded to the New York Yankees. After Ruth left Boston, in what became
known as “the curse of the Bambino,ö the Red Sox didn’t win another World
Series until 2004. In New York, Ruth’s primary position changed to outfielder
and he led the Yankees to seven American League pennants and four World
Series victories. Ruth was a huge star in New York and attracted so many
fans that the team was able to open a new stadium in 1923, Yankee Stadium,
dubbed “The House That Ruth Built.ö
The southpaw slugger’s final season, in 1935, was with the Boston Braves.
He had joined the Braves with the hope that he’d become the team’s manager
the next season. However, this dream never came to pass for a disappointed
Ruth, who had a reputation for excessive drinking, gambling and womanizing.
Many of the records Ruth set remained in place for decades. His career
homerun record stood until 1974, when it was broken by Hank Aaron. Ruth’s
record of 60 homeruns in a single season (1927) of 154 games wasn’t bested
until 1961, when Roger Maris knocked out 61 homers in an extended season
of 162 games. The Sultan of Swat’s career slugging percentage of .690
remains the highest in Major League history.
Ruth died of throat cancer at age 53 on August 16, 1948, in New York City. His
body lay in state at Yankee Stadium for two days and was visited by over
100,000 fans.
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