Babe Ruth Red Sox Major League Baseball Outfield Eitan Sasson Activity 6 Period 6 112314 How It Happened Babe Ruth is often referred to as the greatest baseball player who ever lived In 22 seasons Babe Ruth hit a record 714 home runs Many of Babe Ruths numerous records for both ID: 219461
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My Favorite Athlete
Babe RuthRed Sox Major League BaseballOutfieldEitan Sasson Activity #6Period 611/23/14Slide2
How It Happened
Babe Ruth is often referred to as the greatest baseball player who ever lived. In 22 seasons, Babe Ruth hit a record 714 home runs. Many of Babe Ruth's numerous records for both pitching and hitting lasted for decades.Dates: February 6. 1895 -- August 16, 1948Also Known As: George Herman Ruth Jr., Sultan of Swat, the Home Run King, Bambino, the Babe
Young Babe Ruth Gets Into Trouble
Babe Ruth, born as George Herman Ruth Jr., and his sister Mamie were the only two of George and Kate Ruth's eight children to survive childhood. George's parents worked long hours running a bar and so little George ran the streets of Baltimore, Maryland getting into
troubleBabe
Ruth Learns to Play Baseball
It was at St. Mary's that George Ruth developed into a good baseball player. Although George was a natural as soon as he stepped onto the baseball field, it was Brother Matthias, the prefect of discipline at St. Mary's, who helped George fine tune his skills.
Source: http: //history1900s.about.com/od/people/p/baberuth.htmSlide3
Babe Ruth’s Major Accomplishments
AccomplishmentsYear
177 Home
Runs
1921
457 Bases
1921
119
Extra-Base Hits
1921Slide4
Famous Quote
Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.-Babe RuthSlide5
Babe Ruth’s Hobbies
and InterestsAnything sports affiliated, bowler, scratch golfer, billiards – he could clear a table. Listening to ‘The Shadow’ and ‘The Lone Ranger’ radio programs while smoking a White Owl cigar.Source:http://thebiofile.com/2010/05/classic-biofile-with-babe-ruth/Slide6
Personal Life
Babe Ruth was married to Helen Ruth from 1914-1929, then he divorced and remarried with Claire Merritt Ruth from 1929-1948.Slide7
Other Interesting Tidbits
1. His real name was George Herman Ruth, as was his father’s. He is the only player with that last name in major league history.2. His birth date is now widely accepted as Feb. 6, 1895, but Ruth lived his entire life convinced that he was born on Feb. 7, 1894. The birth certificate with that date was for an unnamed male child in the Ruth family. Ruth’s parents lost six children in infancy, including two pairs of twins, with only George and his sister Mary Margaret, known as Mamie, surviving.
3. Ruth lived for a time on the site of what is now Oriole Park at Camden Yards, above one of his father’s string of saloons.
4. Before he turned eight, Ruth had already chewed tobacco and drank whiskey for the first time. He was sent to live at St. Mary’s Industrial School for
Boys
, a Catholic reform school, and listed as incorrigible
.
Source:http
://www.si.com/mlb/strike-zone/2013/07/12/99-cool-facts-about-babe-ruthSlide8
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