George Herman Ruth

George Herman Ruth

(Babe Ruth)



To Describe The life of George Herman Ruth And highlights of the most magnificent baseball player to be thought to ever grace the field of baseball. George Herman Ruth Was also known as the great Babe Ruth or the Bambino.

He played with the Boston Red sox (1914-1919),New York Yankees (1920-1934) And Boston Braves (1935). The Great Bambino had a lifetime batting average of .342 in 2,503 he is still the all time leader in slugging (.690), home-run percentage (8.5 homeruns in every 100 at bats) and runs batted in (2,217). He led the American 13 times in slugging, 12 times in home runs, 11 times in base on balls, eight times in runs and six times in runs batted in.

The Red Sox, near bankruptcy, sold him to the Yankees in 1919 for $125,000 plus a $350,000 mortgage loan. The Yankees made him a f...