I think not one of the baseball fans around the world knows the name “Babe Ruth”. He is most remembered for his versatility and almost unique talents that baseball player has during that era of him. It’s May 25, 1935 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, Ruth hits his 714 home runs, this record remains to be unbreakable for almost 40 years. This will serve as the last home run of his career. I would like to take a brief story of his amazing and inspiring life.
On February of 1895, George Herman Ruth was born in Maryland. Causing some trouble at an early age and also staying away from school without good reason. This action led his parents to sent him to an orphanage. He stayed there for almost 2 decades before starting a career in baseball. He was just only 19 when he was signed by the Baltimore Orioles as a pitcher.
In 1914, he was sold to Boston Red Sox team, that’s the time when he got the nickname “Ruth”. During that era he was already known to be one of best pitchers. He set a record between 1916 and 1918 with 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings in World Series play, including a 14-inning game in 1916 in which he pitched every inning, giving up only a run in the first. The next thing that happened change the course of Ruth’s life,which again he transferred to other team, the New York Yankees in 1920’s. He was also known to have more home runs than the entire Boston Red Sox team of the 10 of the next 12 seasons. During his career with the New York Yankees, the team won four World Series and seven American League pennants.
Until somewhere in 1974 a player named Hank
Aaron broke his record at 715 home runs. Babe Ruth died of a throat cancer on August 16, 1948.
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