Babe Ruth is one of the most well known athletes that we know now. Babe had a hard life growing up that a child should never grow up too. Babe Ruth is athlete legend, but his life started turning upside down at the age of seven.
Babe Ruth was born to the name George Herman Ruth Jr. on February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland. he was the child of Kate Schamberger Ruth and George Herman Ruth Sr. Babe was the one out of two children that survived out of the eight children. Babe ruth was only 7 years old when everything started turning upside down. When Babe Ruth was only 7 years old, he was a big big trouble maker. Babe Ruth was always caught walking on Dockyards, Drinking and also chewing tobacco. Babe Ruth was getting on police …show more content…
Jack Dunn was the owner of minor league baseball team Baltimore Orioles. Jack Dunn along with the Baltimore Orioles helped Babe Ruth to improve to the Boston Red Sox’s. When Babe Ruth was only 19 years old there was a law that said that you have to have a legal parent or guardian to sign to play in the big leagues. When he was 19 he didn't have parents or guardian so this is how he got his nickname “Babe Ruth” because he was Jack Dunn’s new babe because he was now his guardian. Babe Ruth was a left handed pitcher and helped the Red Sox tremendously. Over the next 5 years Babe Ruth lead the Boston Red Sox to 3 Championships. Babe Ruth also pitched a still-record 13 scoreless inning in one game. The Boston Red Sox owner needed money so he decided to sell Babe Ruth to pay bills and debts. The New York Yankees took him in December 1919 for the total of $100,000. Back then that would have been lots of money. While Babe Ruth was with the Yankees he won them 4 World Series titles over the next 15 seasons. In 1919, Babe Ruth set a single season home run record of 29 while playing for the Red Sox team. In 1920, Babe hit a total of 54 home runs in less than 10 seasons. In 1927, he did it again and beat his record with 60 home runs. This record stood for 34 years. Since Babe Ruth was so well known at New York and the Yankee Stadium it was dubbed the name “the house that Ruth built”. Babe Ruth in all hit 714 home runs, it was a mark that stood until 1974. Over the years while Babe was playing baseball he broke lots of important records ever. Babe Ruth was leading the league in home runs, most total bases in a season, and highest slugging percentage for a