Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth died at the age 53 in the year 1948 because of lung cancer.

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Athlete

* Born: 26 June 1914

* Birthplace: Port Arthur, Texas

* Died: 27 September 1956 (cancer)

* Best Known As: Hall of Fame woman golfer and athletic champ

Name at birth: Mildred Didrikson

Mildred 'Babe' Didrikson Zaharias was voted the outstanding woman athlete of the century in a 1950 Associated Press poll. Though she gained her greatest professional fame as a golfer, she rivalled Jim Thorpe in her remarkable ability to excel at nearly any sport. She began as a basketball All-American, then won two track and field golds at the 1932 Olympics. Next she turned professional and began touring the country, exhibiting her prowess in track, swimming, tennis, baseball, and even billiards. In 1935 Zaharias took up golf and excelled at that, too, winning 82 tournaments in a 20-year career. She died of cancer in 1956. Her autobiography, This Life I've Led, was published in 1955.

Zaharias claimed she earned the nickname 'Babe' for Babe Ruth after hitting five home runs in one baseball game... She married professional wrestler George Zaharias in 1938... The Babe Zaharias Museum opened in Beaumont, Texas in 1976... Zaharias was played by actress Susan Clark in the 1975 TV movie Babe. The next year Clark played the title role in the TV movie Amelia Earhart... Golfer Annika Sorenstam played in a men's professional tournament, The Colonial, in 2003 -- making her the first woman to play a PGA tournament since Zaharias played in the 1945 Los Angeles Open.

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He played baseball. When he retired he played alot of golf.

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.

Sixty feet, six inches. Exactly the same as major league baseball.

She couldn't handle Wesley Pipes, she had a panic attack and died

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.