George had a very weird and poor life, but he made it great at the end. George was born on February 6, 1895 in Pigtown Baltimore. George was raised in a poor neighborhood with his mother Kate Schamberger and his father, George Herman Ruth Sr., they also owned a tavern. George was one of the eight to survive. George and Mamie ruth were the only two that survived infancy. George got into a lot of trouble because where he lived were dockyard workers and they …show more content…
His first wife was Claire Merritt Ruth and they had Dorothy Ruth. His second wife was Helen Ruth and she had Julia Ruth Stevens. Helen Woodford worked as a waitress and Claire Hodgson was a show business person. When Babe Ruth was married to Helen he was away and Helen was in a house fire and she died on January 11,1929. The house was set on fire because of an lit cigar.
When the Baltimore orioles saw George they referred him to “Jack's newest Babe”and that was his newest name, Babe Ruth. He started his career on February 6 1895 joining the Boston Red Soxs. At that time Babe was known for his prodigious power as a slugger. Babe went on to star as a pitcher, people said he was a good one too. In 1914 Babe was in 5 games for the Red Sox, but then only playing in 4.
His coaches told him due to the roster he was proclaimed to be on the Red Sox Minor League team where he lead them to the International League. Then he started to make history with his wins and loses and even with his broken records. He wanted to be an every day player so he did. He practiced everyday and started to bat every …show more content…
There is a candy bar named after him and many quotes he said that were really cool. Back in his day when he plays at the Yankee stadium where he bat his first ever home run, the bat used was so amazing people wanted it so bad that the bat went for 1.26 million dollars.
George Herman Died on August 16, 1948 in Manhattan New York City . He died because he had terrible Esophageal Cancer and what it dose, it deals with your stomach and lungs. The doctors that tried to help George said they couldn't do that much. So on June 13 1948 his uniformed at the Yankees stadium retired and it was a memorable thing. George Herman also known as Babe Ruth, died at the age of 53.
In conclusion Babe was an American professional baseball player, and he was one of the best American baseball players ever to live. He had a bad childhood life, but he made it better when he was getting older. He died with so many memories, awards and records, and even a lot of fans, even though, he set a lot of records in his life and had a weird childhood and lived up to be a great