who was Babe Ruth?

Question

hey people i know who he is i just want to see who will tell me the most about him. I even play baseball for Highschool

Answer 1

George Herman Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948), also known as "Babe", "The Great Bambino", "The Sultan of Swat", "The Colossus of Clout", and "The King Of Crash", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914-1935

Although he spent most of his career as an outfielder with the New York Yankees, Ruth actually began his career as a successful starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He compiled a 89-46 win-loss record during his time with the Red Sox and set a number of World Series pitching records. In 1918, Ruth started to play in the outfield and at first base so he could help the team on a day-to-day basis as a hitter. In 1919, he appeared in 111 games as an outfielder. He also hit 29 home runs to break Ned Williamson's record for most home runs in a single season.

In 1920, Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold Ruth to the New York Yankees. The transaction spawned the Curse of the Bambino. Over his next 15 seasons in New York, Ruth lead the league or placed in the top ten in batting average, slugging percentage, runs, total bases, home runs, RBI, and walks several times. Ruth hit 60 home runs in 1927. It stood as the single season home run record for 34 years.

With Ruth on the team, the Yankees won seven American League pennants and four World Series titles. He played his final Major League season with the Boston Braves in 1935. In 1936, Ruth became one of the first five players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

In 1969, he was named baseball's Greatest Player Ever in a ballot commemorating the 100th anniversary of professional baseball. In 1998, The Sporting News ranked Ruth No. 1 on the list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players." The next year, baseball fans named Ruth to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.

Answer 2

Babe Ruth had the career home run record until Hank Aaron broke it in the 1970s.

Ruth played back in the early days of baseball.

Some interesting trivia:

Babe Ruth was also a major-league caliber pitcher. A very dominant one. However, he switched to being an outfielder in 1919.

In 1919, he hit 29 home runs... this was considered a MONSTER amount of home runs to hit back in the day.

Ruth started his career with the BoSox, but was sold to the NYYankees so the owner of the sox could finance a musical called "no no nannette".

Ruth is, without a doubt, the greatest player to ever play the game.

Answer 3

Babe Ruth was the best baseball player in the history of the game. He was an excellent pitcher that still has a World Series record for e.ra. if I'm not mistaken.. He was the home run king for 50 years almost until Aaron broke his record. I would suggest reading books about this guy he was fascinating. He was the first true home run hitter.

Answer 4

Is the all-time best player in Major League Baseball. In his career had 714 homeruns, 2873 hits, 2213 runs produced, and .342 avg.

Also, Babe Ruth trow a no hit and run game combinated with Ernie Shore, and lifts Boston Red Sox to a 4-0 victory over Washington, at June 23, 1917.

Answer 5

He Is The Best Baseball Player Ever!

Answer 6

One of the greatest baseball players of all time


AVG .342
HR 714
RBI 2217
Teams
Boston Red Sox (1914-1919)
New York Yankees (1920-1934)
Boston Braves (1935)

Career Highlights and Awards
All-Time records
Career SLUG: 0.690
Career OPS: 1.164
Notable achievements
2nd in career OBP (.469)
3rd on All-Time Home Run list (714)
Only player to hit 3 home runs twice in a World Series game (1926 & 1928)
Won the 1923 MVP Award
Appeared in 1933 & 1934 All-Star Game
First player ever to hit 60 home runs in a season

Answer 7

He was a famous baseball player.He used to play for The Boston Red Sox, but then got traded to the Yankees.I think his real name was Herman Ruth

Answer 8

Babe Ruth was a fat bastard who ate a lot of hot dogs and hit even more home runs

Answer 9

A very famous baseball player for the New York Yankees.

Answer 10

an amazing baseball player, hes the player who started the curse of the great bambino for the redsox