BABE RUTH A BASEBALL LEGEND
BABE RUTH
George Herman Ruth also known as "BABE RUTH", was born February 6 ,
1895. At the age of 7 he was taken to St. Mary's Industrial school for Boys on June 13,1902. At the age of 19 he signed with the Baltimore Orioles of the International League. He played with the Orioles for five months when he was sold to the Boston Red Sox. When he arrived in Boston ,he fell in love with Helen Woodford ,a waitress in his hotel's restaurant. After losing his second start , Ruth was sent to the minors. On October 2nd Babe got his first hit for the Sox. He was a great pitcher for the Red Sox and batter as well. On October 2,1914 he hit his first major-league hit , it was a double. On October 17,1914 he was married to Helen Woodford. Babe and Helen adopted a little girl named Dorothy.
He hit his first home run , on May 6, 1915 . In 1916 the Red Sox won the pennant against the Chicago White Sox by two games. Ruth had 23 victories , and his 1.75 ERA was the best in the league. In the World Series Ruth won against the Dodgers ,2-1 in the 14th inning , game 2. The Red Sox became the world champions that year.
In 1918 the season was shortened because of the war , but Ruth was 13-7 and had a batting average of .300. The Red Sox won another pennant and their third World Championship in four years , beating the Cubs , 4 games to 2 , in the series. In 1919 Babe played 111 games in the outfield and hit .322. He pitched in 17 games for the Red Sox and had a 9-5 record. On January 6 , 1920 the manager was losing money so he sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $125,000 and a big loan too.
Babe did not do so well after that on purpose , but on May 1st he hit a home run. He hit an amazing 54 home runs that year. In 1921 he hit 59 home runs and had a batting average of .377 for the two years. His slugging averages of .847 & .846 have never been beaten or equaled. Ruth used a heavy 52 ounce bat and most bats today weigh about 32 oz.. He
George Herman Ruth also known as "BABE RUTH", was born February 6 ,
1895. At the age of 7 he was taken to St. Mary's Industrial school for Boys on June 13,1902. At the age of 19 he signed with the Baltimore Orioles of the International League. He played with the Orioles for five months when he was sold to the Boston Red Sox. When he arrived in Boston ,he fell in love with Helen Woodford ,a waitress in his hotel's restaurant. After losing his second start , Ruth was sent to the minors. On October 2nd Babe got his first hit for the Sox. He was a great pitcher for the Red Sox and batter as well. On October 2,1914 he hit his first major-league hit , it was a double. On October 17,1914 he was married to Helen Woodford. Babe and Helen adopted a little girl named Dorothy.
He hit his first home run , on May 6, 1915 . In 1916 the Red Sox won the pennant against the Chicago White Sox by two games. Ruth had 23 victories , and his 1.75 ERA was the best in the league. In the World Series Ruth won against the Dodgers ,2-1 in the 14th inning , game 2. The Red Sox became the world champions that year.
In 1918 the season was shortened because of the war , but Ruth was 13-7 and had a batting average of .300. The Red Sox won another pennant and their third World Championship in four years , beating the Cubs , 4 games to 2 , in the series. In 1919 Babe played 111 games in the outfield and hit .322. He pitched in 17 games for the Red Sox and had a 9-5 record. On January 6 , 1920 the manager was losing money so he sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $125,000 and a big loan too.
Babe did not do so well after that on purpose , but on May 1st he hit a home run. He hit an amazing 54 home runs that year. In 1921 he hit 59 home runs and had a batting average of .377 for the two years. His slugging averages of .847 & .846 have never been beaten or equaled. Ruth used a heavy 52 ounce bat and most bats today weigh about 32 oz.. He