Babe Ruth

Because he was one of the first very good baseball players and e was hitting more homeruns than teams at that time and hew was a 30 game winner for 3 years 96-60 record and ended is carrer with 714 homeruns

Al Oliver on June 28, 1970

You need to be more specific. Babe Ruth hit many record breaking home runs.

Babe Ruth was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland.

He was born in 1895. He died in 1948.

Due to throat cancer.

Babe Ruth has hit 16 GRSL in his entire carrier.

In 1920, Babe Ruth was sold to the New York Yankees by the Boston Red Sox for $125,000. Baseball introduced a livelier ball and Ruth helped to change the game by bringing the Home Run to the game, changing much of the strategy of how the game was played. Ruth set a new record by hitting 54 home runs for the Yankees in his first season in New York. Led by Ruth, and other "power" hitters, this renewed a new enthusiam for the game. In addition, Ruth, and other power hitters then became the elite superstars of the game, taking the attention away from the pitchers, who had previously dominated the game. This power hitting era also sparked the building of new stadiums designed to make the home run more easy. This trend has come back around in the 2000s with the new stadiums with smaller dimensions, all going back to the Ruth era. It is safe to say that Ruth, primarily, and others, like Hank Greenburg, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and others, not only changed the game of baseball, but also the economics of the game.

In his MLB career, Babe Ruth drew 2,062 walks.

No he did not play for Toronto. In fact he only played for two teams which were Boston and New York.

Note: Toronto did not have a team until mid to late eighties

While Ruth did not play for a team located in Toronto, he did play in the city while a member of the Providence Grays of the International League. He hit his first home run as a professional player against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Hanlan's Point on September 5, 1914.

On May 25, 1935, Babe Ruth played his last major-league game as a member of the Boston Braves. Against the Pirates at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, he went 4-for-4, had six RBI and hit three home runs. They were the 712th, 713th and 714th homers of his career.

Babe Ruth, at age 40, was released by the New York Yankees following the 1934 season and signed by the Boston Braves to start the 1935 season. In his first game with the Braves, he hit a home run, but as the season progressed, he realized his career was over. In June, after hitting seven home runs for the Braves that year, he removed himself from the lineup and ended his playing career. At that time, his skills had diminished to the point he could no longer play in the field, nor run the bases. Baseball rules were altered so that a courtesy runner was allowed for Ruth when he got on base, but still allowed him to remain in the lineup, a rule established for Ruth only, just to keep the former star in the lineup as he was still a draw for the Braves, who were struggling in the field and at the box office. The Braves finished last in the National League that season with a record of just 38 wins against 115 losses.

He surpassed Mark McGwire record of 70 home runs, set in 1998. Bonds finished the 2001 season with 73 homers.

Babe Ruth feared spiders and snakes as far as I know.

Babe Ruth played for the Yankees from 1920 through 1934.

Babe Ruth played for the Boston Braves after the Yankees.

Babe Ruth had 714 home runs in his career, and his lifetime batting average was .342

Babe Ruth hit 41 home runs for the New York Yankees in 1932.

Aaron hit his 755th and final home run on July 20, 1976 against Dick Drago of the California Angels.

In 1923, Ruth, as the regular right fielder for the World Champion New York Yankees, hit .393, led the Majors in home runs with 41, RBIs with 170, slugging average at .764, walks with 170 and also struck out 93 times to lead the Majors in that category. He also played in all 152 games the Yankees played. In addition he was named the best player in the American League, an award given prior to the beginning of the Most Valuable Player Award that wasn't established until 1931. Ruth never won the MVP award.

The score at the time was 2-2 and there was a runner on base. The HR made the score 4-2. No more runs were scored and the Yanks won the game by the 4-2 score.

Ruth hit his 60th home run of the 1927 season off Tom Zachary of the Washington Senators at Yankee Stadium in the bottom of the 8th inning in the game played September 30. This game was also the final game that the great Senators pitcher Walter Johnson appeared in. Walter pinch hit for Zachary in the top of the 9th inning and flied out.

The all-time home run leader before Babe Ruth was Roger Connor, a first baseman who played for several teams in the NL between 1880-1897. Conner hit 138 home runs in his career. Ruth hit his 139th home run and passed Connor on July 18, 1921. Before Babe Ruth came along, Ned Williamson held the single-season record for most home runs with 27 in 1884. He never hit more than 9 in any other season. In 1894 he was voted the best player of all time by several old baseball players.

By calling his shot. He was also the career home run leader until Hank Aaron broke his record of 714. Aaron then had his record broken by Barry Bonds. Ruth was also an established pitcher. Don't forget about the "curse" either.