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In 1914, the ballpark opened under the name Athletic Field. [1] The name was changed on August 25, 1947, to honor James "Doc" Ainsworth, a longtime adviser of Erie's youth. Babe Ruth and Ruth's All-Stars visited the ballpark in 1923 to play an exhibition game against the Erie Moose Club. Ruth's All-Stars won 15-1. Ruth had played first base.
Babe Ruth hit the ballpark's first home run on its Opening Day in 1923. [73] Ruth also set the then-league record for most home runs in a single season by hitting his 60th home run in 1927. Roger Maris would later break this record in 1961 at Yankee Stadium on the final day of the season by hitting his 61st home run.
Yankee Stadium was completed in time for the home opener on April 18, 1923, [116] at which Ruth hit the first home run in what was quickly dubbed "the House that Ruth Built". [117] The ballpark was designed with Ruth in mind: although the venue's left-field fence was further from home plate than at the Polo Grounds, Yankee Stadium's right-field ...
Babe Ruth Field was a ballpark in Ventura, California, United States, named after the famous baseball player George Herman ("Babe") Ruth, (1895–1948), of Baltimore, that was used as a minor-league park from 1948 to 1955. [1]
The Harp in the South is the debut novel by New Zealand-born Australian author Ruth Park. Published in 1948, it portrays the life of a Catholic Irish Australian family living in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills , which was at that time an inner city slum.
League Park was used for spring training by the Boston Red Sox in 1924, [4] and hosted Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees in a preseason game on March 31, 1930. [2] A different ballpark in San Antonio, Block Stadium, was used from 1913 through 1924; it was also known as "League Park" beginning in 1915. [1]
Gulliver's Cousin is a 1954 Australian radio play by Ruth Park about William Dampier. The work debuted in January 1954 with Rod Taylor as Dampier. [1] The play was recorded again later that year with a different cast. Dampier had been the subject of a 1951 radio feature from the ABC Our First Englishman. [2]
This series was made famous by Babe Ruth's "Called Shot" in game three of the series at Wrigley Field, in which Ruth pointed to center field before hitting a home run. [99] In 1935, Ruth left the Yankees to join the NL's Boston Braves , [ 100 ] and he made his last major league baseball appearance on May 30 of that year.