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George Herman Ruth, Jr. (1895-1948), American baseball player, was the sport's greatest celebrity and most enduring legend. George Herman Ruth was born on February 6, 1895, in Baltimore, one of eight children of a saloonkeeper. Judged as incorrigible...

George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. Born February 6, 1895 (Baltimore, Maryland) Died August 17, 1948 (New York, New York) Baseball player The Roaring Twenties was a decade of heroes. In search of proof that human effort still mattered in a time...

By most estimates, George Herman (Babe) Ruth was the greatest baseball player in the history of the game, and he is easily the sport's most renowned and enduring symbol. Ruth's legendary power with a baseball bat—many announcers...

George Herman Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948), also popularly known as "Babe", "The Bambino", and "The Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914-1935. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest...

As the San Francisco Giants opened a seven-game homestand Monday night (May 8) against the Houston Astros, Bonds stood just one blast short of Ruth’s career tally of 714 homers. Hank Aaron now owns the all-time record with 755 round trippers, though Ruth’s figure is...

The 91-year-old daughter of Babe Ruth hopes the federal indictment of home run king Barry Bonds will allow people to focus on what's important: baseball."I feel bad for Bonds," Julia Ruth Stevens said Thursday by telephone from her winter home in Arizona. "The fact is,...

The kid who caught home run No. 714 off the bat of Barry Bonds a year ago scurried out of Oakland's stadium with his valuable souvenir without bothering to see what Bonds might want to offer for it. Before he left, Tyler Snyder had just...

L.A. Dodgers at Chicago Cubs (8:05 p.m. EDT). David Wells faces off against Ted Lilly in a matchup of teams in the NL playoff hunt.STARSTuesday_Travis Hafner, Indians, hit two home runs and the go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 11th inning, leading Cleveland over Minnesota 7-5._Jorge...

A review of the life history of Babe Ruth, the baseball legend.

In his 22-year career, Ruth set or tied 76 different records, including 2,056 bases on balls and 1,330 strikeouts, and helped his team win four of the seven World Series in which he played. In 1933 he hit the first home run in All-Star Game history, and he was one of the first players to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.