babe ruth

     

A Red Sox pitcher, later a Yankee, he held the World Series record for consecutive scoreless innings from 1918 to 1961

Trivia about babe ruth

  • The best American League lefthanded pitcher 1916-18, he was moved to left field in 1919
  • On Sept. 30, 1927 Washington's Tom Zachary threw the pitch that became this man's 60th homer of the season
  • George & Herman were the real given names of this legendary slugger
  • He's the slugger seen here
  • This "Sultan of Swat" left 10% of his estate to a foundation he created for needy children
  • In 1932 he pointed to the stands & hit the ball there--or maybe he just gestured at the Cubs' bench
  • He hit a record 60 home runs in 1927
  • He's the historic "Babe" seen here
  • New York Yankees No. 3
  • This Yankee was the "greatest drawing card in history of baseball"
  • His "called shot" home run off Charlie Root in the 1932 World Series is baseball legend
  • Later a home run king, in 1916 he had 23 pitching wins & a sparkling 1.75 ERA
  • 1992:John Goodman
  • His 1927 salary with the Yankees was $70,000, or $1,166.67 per homer
  • In 1920 he became the first Major-League player to exceed 30, 40 & 50 home runs in a season
  • In 1932's legendary "Called Shot" his gesture indicated the ball would be going into the center field bleachers
  • On Dec. 26, 1919 the Red Sox traded this man to the Yankees for cash; the cash would not equal his 714 home runs
  • July 13, 1934: This "Amazing" Yankee "Hits 700th Home Run"
  • In the eighth inning of a 1927 game against Washington, he blasted his then record 60th home run of the season
  • One advantage of the Yankees' pinstripes is that in the '20s they made this tubby home run king look thinner
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NY.) As Yankee Stadium is the house he built, it's appropriate that this slugger is honored in Monument Park
  • Hank Aaron with his 715th home run
  • The most ever paid for a sports document was the $996,000 spent for the 1919 contract that sent this man to the Yankees
  • This former Yankee home run hitter served as the Dodgers first base coach in 1938
  • He hit the first home run in All-Star game history (take a wild guess)
  • Boston baseball fans would love to go back & undo the Jan. 3, 1920 sale of this man to the Yankees
  • Facing Boston, he fittingly hit the first home run in Yankee Stadium in 1923
  • This Yankee's Hall of Fame plaque says, "greatest drawing card in history of baseball"
  • He played himself in 1942's "Pride of the Yankees" & also in "Over the Fence", "Perfect Control" & "Slide, Babe, Slide"
  • William Bendix,Brian Dennehy,John Goodman:A baseball player
  • On May 25, 1935 he slugged the last 3 home runs of his career--numbers 712, 713 & 714
  • In the HBO movie "61*", Claire, this man's widow, is none too happy when his home-run record of 60 is tied
  • (Hi, I'm New York Yankees fan Rudy Giuliani.) The 1920 purchase of this Boston ballplayer for about $125,000 forever changed the history of the New York Yankees
  • The Yankees lost game 7 of the 1926 World Series when this portly gent was thrown out trying to steal second base
  • He is No. 3 in all-time MLB home runs with 714; he hit one every 11.8 at-bats
  • To help their owner pay off gambling debts, the 1920 Red Sox sold him to the Yankees
  • In 1918 he extended his streak of scoreless World Series innings pitched to 29.2 & tied for the most HRs in the league
  • His .87 ERA is third on the all-time World Series list (min. 25 innings); his 15 home runs are second
  • During his 22-year career he walked a then-record 2,056 times