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Babe Ruth's number 3 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1948. As early as the war years, doctors had cautioned Ruth to take better care of his health, and he grudgingly followed their advice, limiting his drinking and not going on a proposed trip to support the troops in the South Pacific. [208]
On June 2nd in 1935, Babe Ruth retired after playing 22 seasons, 10 World Series and 714 home runs. He hit the ball so fast and so hard, he was known as "The Sultan of Swat." When Ruth retired, he ...
Sixty-seven years ago today, in 1948, baseball legend Babe Ruth died at the age of 53 -- just 23 years after his retirement from the game he changed forever. For 54 years, Babe Ruth was the MLB's ...
Hence, Babe Ruth wore number 3 and Lou Gehrig number 4. The first major leaguer whose number was retired was Gehrig, in July 1939, following his retirement due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which became popularly known in the United States as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle ran the headline, "180,000 Brave Rain as Rites Are Held for Babe Ruth" on August 19, 1948. There was a service for Ruth at St. Patrick's Cathedral and the majority of people could not enter the church so they waited outside. The funeral procession arrived at 11 am and Ruth was carried into the cathedral in a mahogany ...
Years after he retired from baseball in 1935, Ruth gifted his jersey to a golf friend in Florida, where it remained in that family's possession until the 1990s, when a sports auctioneer bought the ...
The Division Series and League Championship Series did not exist. The MLB All-Star Game did not exist until 1933, late in Ruth's career. At the time of his retirement, Ruth held many of baseball's most esteemed records, including the career records for home runs (714 — since broken), slugging percentage (0.690), runs batted in (2,213 ...
On August 11, 1929 -- 85 years ago today -- George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. became the first baseball player to hit 500 career home runs when he hit the first ball pitched by Willis Hudlin that ...