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I'm born!!
My name is George Herman Ruth, Jr. I was born in Baltimore Maryland on Febuary 6th, 1895. I did not have the best childhood, and my parents sent me to a boys' reform school when I was 7. Even though I still was a troublemaker there, the dean helped me become a good baseball player. I stayed there until I was 19 years old when I signed a contract with the Orioles. -
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Babe Ruth
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My High School Baseball Team
St. Mary's school for boys was where I played baseball. This picture was taken of my allstar team while I was there. My skill helped me get drafted to the minor leagues when I turned nineteen years old. -
My first professional team - the Baltimore Orioles
Jack Dunn drafted me in 1914. He was known for scouting out great players - in fact, that's how I got the nickname Babe. When the other players saw my skills, they called me "Jack's newest babe". I only stayed with the Orioles for 5 months before I was called up to the Big Show! -
My time with the Red Sox
My first major league team was the Boston Red Sox. Here is where I became a star. I won three World Series and became known as a famous pitcher and batter. -
My First World Series
This is the year I led the Red Sox to their first World Series win. I remember this year I wanted to concentrate more on my hitting so I didn't pitch much. It paid off because my outstanding hitting mostly won the the whole season. The team had 101 wins that year. -
I start setting records
Even though I had less than average at bats than other players, this was the year that I led the league in homeruns (29). Next year I nearly doubled this number and shattered my own record! By the end of my career I had 714 homeruns - that record stood until Hank Aaron beat it in 1974. -
Can you believe this????
To make money for his Broadway shows, the manager of the Red Sox, Harry Frazee, traded me to the Yankees in the December of 1919. This started the infamous "Curse of the Bambino" for the Sox. I went on to win 4 World Series with the Yanks while the Red Sox didn't win a series after I left until 2004. -
I really was incredible!
I crushed the ball at my fourth World Series. This gave the Yankees their first title - the start of a long line of them. During this series against the Chicago Cubs, I was facing Charlie Root at Wrigley Field. The count was 2 balls and 2 strikes. I stood at the plate and pointed toward the center field bleachers. When Charlie pitched the ball, I hit the longest homerun ever seen at Wrigley - guess where? Over the center field bleachers - that became known as the "called shot". -
I did it again!
I did it again in 1927, I broke my own biggest record of homeruns! This record will stand for over 47 years until Hank Arron breaks it. All the people were amazed and that would bemy most impressive record of my career. -
Trying to follow my dream.....
By this time, I wanted so much to be a manager of a big league team. The Yankees didn't pick me to lead them so I left and went to the Boston Braves. I thought I would play a little longer then be their manager. It was for them I hit my 714th and last homerun of my baseball career. Sadly, the Braves didn't want me as a manager either. I retired as a player and tried once more to become a manager with the Brooklyn Dodgers but only served as their first base coach. -
R.I.P.
I spent most of my later years after I retired hunting, fishing, traveling and drinking. My second wife and I visited my daughters and I made many public appearances. As a result of my hard living I developed health problems and died in July of 1948. I will always be remembered as one of the greatest who ever played the game.
