“All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it. I get back to the dugout and they ask me, what it was I hit and I tell them, I don't know except it looked good.” That was a famous quote by Babe Ruth, or his former name George Herman Ruth Jr., he was born in Baltimore, Maryland on February 6, 1895. (“Babe Ruth Biography”).
George started his fame at only nineteen, he was a starting pitcher and was playing for the Red Sox. Babe Ruth also batted and threw left handed. The positions he played was outfield and pitcher. George was an orphan but he believed that he wasn’t an orphan he was simply just a delinquent, he also believed for most of his life he was a year and a half older than he actually was (“Babe Ruth”).
Did George get his fame by being a batter or a pitcher? He was one of the top pitchers in the league. In fact, he could pitch 90 to 110 miles per hour! That was especially fast back then. When George was 23, he was arrested for reckless driving, he served jail time for two weeks. (“History Channel Babe Ruth”). When he was a teenager (about fifteen) his father died in a fight with one of his own family members they were both under the influence and George’s wife died under mysterious circumstances. While George was playing, in 1919 he hit 59 home runs in just one season. In fact George hit, in all, 714 home runs in his entire career. He made his final appearance in a dodgers game in 1943. (“History Channel Babe Ruth”)
Then, in August 16th, 1948, The great Bambino died of throat cancer from all of the chewing tobacco and the cigars from …show more content…
Luminary Group LLC, 22 Mar. 2011. Web. 21 Dec. 2015. "George Herman Ruth Jr." www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ruthba01shtml. Sports Pirect Inc, 10 Aug. 2005. Web. 4 Dec. 2015.
"George Herman Ruth..www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-babe-ruth. A&E Networks Corp., 14 Apr. 2006. Web. 20 Dec.
George started his fame at only nineteen, he was a starting pitcher and was playing for the Red Sox. Babe Ruth also batted and threw left handed. The positions he played was outfield and pitcher. George was an orphan but he believed that he wasn’t an orphan he was simply just a delinquent, he also believed for most of his life he was a year and a half older than he actually was (“Babe Ruth”).
Did George get his fame by being a batter or a pitcher? He was one of the top pitchers in the league. In fact, he could pitch 90 to 110 miles per hour! That was especially fast back then. When George was 23, he was arrested for reckless driving, he served jail time for two weeks. (“History Channel Babe Ruth”). When he was a teenager (about fifteen) his father died in a fight with one of his own family members they were both under the influence and George’s wife died under mysterious circumstances. While George was playing, in 1919 he hit 59 home runs in just one season. In fact George hit, in all, 714 home runs in his entire career. He made his final appearance in a dodgers game in 1943. (“History Channel Babe Ruth”)
Then, in August 16th, 1948, The great Bambino died of throat cancer from all of the chewing tobacco and the cigars from …show more content…
Luminary Group LLC, 22 Mar. 2011. Web. 21 Dec. 2015. "George Herman Ruth Jr." www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ruthba01shtml. Sports Pirect Inc, 10 Aug. 2005. Web. 4 Dec. 2015.
"George Herman Ruth..www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-babe-ruth. A&E Networks Corp., 14 Apr. 2006. Web. 20 Dec.