Babe Ruth

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Babe Ruth hit 41 home runs in 1932.

Patrick J. Donovan, also known as Patsy Donovan, a standout baseball player manager and scout, is generally credited with discovering Babe Ruth in Baltimore. Donovan who was a native of Ireland, was known as a very keen judge of baseball talent. So impressed with young Ruth's pitching and hitting abilities, he immediately urged the Red Sox hierarchy to allow him to sign Ruth on the spot. The rest is history.

PS: Patsy Donovan himself made many more interesting contributions to Major League Baseball in a career that spanned more then 50 years. In spite of a lifetime batting average of 313, and a total number of some 520 stolen bases, this humble and widely respected baseball star, has never been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Probably not. Ruth's mother was of German descent. I don't know the descent of his father but census records show Ruth's great grandfather was born in Pennsylvania and it is thought his father's side was also German, or Pennsylvania Dutch. Ruth was said to have spoken and understoodGerman well. During his career Ruth was called many derogatory names, and very often was called the 'N' word. Legend has it that one of his nicknames at the school/orphanage he grew up in included the 'N' word.

can u use a -3 aluminum bat in 13-15 babe ruth league play?

No, he started in the majors with Boston Red Sox, played mainly as a Yankee, and somewhat oddly ended his pro career with the Boston Braves. He never servced as a Manager, though the idea was tossed around. It was claimed he could not manage his serious drinking problem, let alone a baseball team. so much for Mr.7l4 Home runs.

The most home runs Babe Ruth ever hit in one season is 60, in 1927. This stood as the single-season home run record until Roger Maris hit 61 in 1961, although many fans discounted Maris' record because the regular season in 1961 was longer than in Ruth's day, 162 games instead of 154.

Maris' record was broken in 1998 by Mark McGwire, who hit 70 homers during that season. McGwire's record was soon broken by Barry Bonds, who hit 73 in 2001. That record still stands in 2010. Both McGwire and Bonds have since been associated with baseball's steroids scandal, leading many to discount their records as well.

Lou Gehrig's father Heinrich was a sheet metal worker and his mother Christina was a maid.

Brought up in the Baltimore area he went to a local elementary school. He was considered to be an "incorrigible kid", and had to be removed. When Babe Ruth was seven years old his parents placed him in St. Mary's Industrial School (Baltimore), an institution for underprivileged boys.

Yes. Babe Ruth had 2 girls named Dorothy and Julia

jacke robison is the best in baseball ever for so many things.

First of all, let's make certain we restrict the discussion to ONE THING ONLY: who was a better BASEBALL PLAYER. Robinson is clearly a far more admirable person, and had a greater positive impact on baseball -- indeed, on American society in general. But that wasn't the question asked.

For a total MLB career, there can be no doubt but that Ruth was better. Robinson played for a total of ten seasons. Ruth played more seasons than that just for the New York Yankees -- and it would no problem to find ten such seasons in which Ruth was better than Robinson in just about every statistical category.

Let's start with lifetime career AVERAGES (in all of the following, Ruth's stats are listed first, Robinson second).

BA: .342, .311 (in other words, Robinson's BEST year was only as good as Ruth's CAREER average)

On-base percentage: .474, .409 (ditto, except that the latter's best seasonal average wasn't even AS GOOD AS Ruth's career)

Slugging average: .690, .474 (ditto, and this to add: Robinson's BEST year was 150 points less than Ruth's CAREER)

OPS: 1.164, .883 (ditto)

It's true that Ruth played more years than Robinson. So, to be fair, we'll only add up stats from his first twelve years with the Yankees. That means we won't use 1919, the year Ruth set the record for most home runs in a season; or 1932 (and onward), the year he hit 41 homers.

At bats (remember that Robinson often batted lead-off): 5936, 4877

Runs: 1664, 947 (Ruth bested Robinson's BEST year in nine seasons)

Hits: 2119, 1518 (Robinson had more than 185 hits in a season only once; Ruth did it six times)

2Bs: 373, 273

3Bs: 94, 54 (yes, Ruth had far more triples than Robinson)

HRs: I'll skip this stat

RBIs: 1647, 734 (Ruth bested Robinson's best year in ten seasons)

Stolen bases: 84, 197 (about the only stat for which Robinson out-did Ruth)

Walks: 1276, 740 (Ruth bested Robinson's best year in thirteen seasons)

well mark mguire is a loser. he took steroids and he sucked compared to them anyway.

hank aaron is awesome. he should still have the home run title if it weren't for that loser barry bonds. he sucks.

babe Ruth is the best baseball player ever. he has a crap load of home runs and a career average of like .338. babe Ruth is the best

He never played for the Dodgers. In 1938 as a marketing gimmick the Dodger hired Babe Ruth to be a 1st Base Coach. Babe Ruth wore uniform Number 35. Dodgers infielder Pete Coscarart wore number 3.

The Babe would occasionally take batting practice and excite the crowd at Ebbets Field.

a senior little league is for those with expirence and talent

The above answer is wrong. The difference between Senior Little League and Little League is age.

Little League is normally what is said when discussing the parent organization of all divisions of Little League Baseball International. The divisions of Little League Baseball are divided between Tee ball, Minors, Majors, Junior, Senior and Big Leagues. Little League International also offers Softball, and Challenger.

The age configurations for Little League is, depending on what the local leagues Board of Directors and the local bylaws state normally are, 5 -6 for tee ball, 7 through 11 in Minors, 9 -12 in Majors, 12 -14 in Juniors, 14 - 16 in Seniors, and 16 - 18 in Big League. The ages overlap to allow local leagues to have some flexibility in making their local league work the best.

Age is the only difference between those that play in Little League (Majors and younger divisions) and Senior League. How who play in which divisions, with the overlapping ages, is as varied as there are Chartered Little Leagues. Some leagues have strict rules saying ages determine which division players play in, and others have a system that allows for age and experience and ability to determine which division the players play in. There are some hard and fast rules that Little League International has, such as all 12 year olds must play in Majors, unless a waiver is granted allowing them to play in Minors. Also 8 year olds and younger are not allowed to play in Majors. But Little League International allows for flexibility to meet the needs of all players.

Little League International also offers Boys and Girls Softball, also with divisions determined by age and ability.

There is also a Challenger League offered for differently-abled players to participate in. Children in wheel chairs, on crutches, and with other challenges play baseball. Some of the players are assisted by other players, and some aren't. It is the most rewarding program that I have ever been involved with.

I am a 32 year volunteer with Little League program. I have had 2 sons, and 5 grandsons play Little League.

The Babe Ruth Hartland figurine in mint condition is worth about $300. and in excellent - near/mint condition about $175.- $200. add $100 with the original box. As with all collectibles condition is important. Statues with minor flaws will sell for a significant amount less.

Common flaws in condition are missing bats, Mask, paint chipping, and Yellowing (cream color).

The Hartland baseball series of statues were sold in stores like Woolworths from 1958 through 1962. Hartland was known for making Plastic western toys, such as horses, and cowboys. In 1958 Hartland released 18 plastic baseball player figurines, that sold for $1.98.

This original collection of 18 baseball players, included Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial, Yogi Berra, Hank Aaron, Luis Aparicio, Ernie Banks, Ricky Colavito, Don Drysdale, Dick Groat, Roger Maris, Willie Mays, Ted Williams, Eddie mathews, Warren Spahn, Duke Snider, Nellie Fox, and a Batboy.

Reproduction 25th anniversary statues were made by Hartland in the late 1980's to early 1990's and sell in the $25. price range. 25th anniversary is written on the belt buckle and is sometimes hard to see.

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all he did for a hobbie is play baseball since he lives in a catholic school named St. Mary's because he parents couldn't watch him and he was a trouble maker as a kid. so at rec-creation time he just played baseball and only baseball

Yes, in Baltimore just beyond Camden Yards

He got old, and his skills diminished, his legs were giving out and he could not run or play the field anymore

As big as a horse.

Babe Ruth was an American hero because he saved our national past time from ruin. Coming off the The "Black Sox" scandal of 1919 when the World Series was fixed by gamblers, It took the baseball heroics of Babe Ruth to bring the fans focus back to the game. His flamboyant personality, and home run hitting skills made him a larger than life figure that captured the hearts of baseball fans, and helped restore interest in our national past time.

Ruth Hadden Memorial Award was created in 1991.

When the inaugural Hall of Fame ballots were counted in 1936, five players had received at least 75% of the votes cast - the standard set for election by the Baseball Writers' Association of America that still exists today. Those players were the first five men elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The five players were, in order of votes: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson.

He met his wife at the Lander's Coffee Shop