Babe Ruth

The first player to hit 60 homers in a season.First player to hit a homer in the all-stars game.Made the first Hall of Fame class.First member of the 500,600,and 700 homer clubs.First player to have 2000 or more RBI's in a career.

That was the famous bear hug because Gehrig had Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which made him "unfit" to play baseball. He and Ruth had a falling out for the previous seven year because of an unintentional insult from Gehrig's mother. Gehrig was dying and the hug was a public sign of the end of the feud before Lou Gehrig passed away as not to end on bad terms.

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Yes, he batted left handed and he threw left handed.

Babe, The Sultan of Swat

Baseball star Babe Ruth and waitress Helen Woodford married in Ellicott City, Maryland on October 17, 1914. His wife, however, was not an outgoing person and shunned the media attention accrued by her husband. Woodford died in a house fire on January 11, 1929.

Babe Ruth was a starting pitcher with the Red Sox, however transitioned to the outfield in his later years with them. In 1919 when he got sold to the Yankees he became a full time outfielder playing primarily in right field.

No. Babe Ruth did not have cancer of the larynx and thus had no need for a voice box.

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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.

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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

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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)

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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.