Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth (1895–1948), born George Herman Ruth Jr., was an American baseball player whose home-run hitting transformed the game and made him one of the best-known figures of the 1920s. As a boy in Baltimore he was placed in St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, where Brother Matthias, a Xaverian brother, taught him discipline and baseball; that mentorship was the turning point of his life. He began as a star left-handed pitcher with the Boston Red Sox. After joining the New York Yankees in 1920, he became a full-time hitter, set a single-season record of 60 home runs in 1927 and finished with 714 career home runs, a record that stood until 1974. Yankee Stadium became known as "The House That Ruth Built." He won seven World Series in all and was among the first five players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, in 1936.
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