Babe Ruth Nicknames

George Herman Ruth also known as ,Babe Ruth, was born on February 6,1895 in Baltimore Maryland. Babe Ruth had many nicknames such as, “The Sultan of Swat”. He also had two other nicknames of “The Big Bam”, and “Jack Dunn’s Baby”, and many others besides those. On February 14,1914 Babe Ruth signed his first contract with the minor-league baseball team Baltimore Orioles. The man who signed Ruth was named Jack Dunn, a former major league player and the owner and manager of the Orioles. Legend has it that he hit the longest home run hit in Fayetteville up to that time, some 60 feet farther than the previous local record hit by Jim Thorpe. During July 9,1914, Babe Ruth’s contract was sold to the Boston Red Sox with two