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George Herman Ruth Jr. was born on February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland to parents George Sr. and Kate. George he had 7 other brothers and sisters.
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At age 7 he was too much too handle for his parents wondering around the boat yards chewing tabaco, taughting local police, so his parents dicided to send him to a cathlic school.
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at age 15 babe ruth showed skills in baseball while some freinds from school where playing. his strongest point was pitching but but also hitting.
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Babe came from his highschool baseball team coah called him babe. and this team is where he started
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Babe wqas sold to the red socks and apearded in 5 games pitching in 4 of them.
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Babe became a permanent fixture in the Red Sox rotation, accumulating an 18-8 record with an ERA of 2.44.
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He followed up his successful first season with a 23-12 campaign. leading the league with a 1.75 ERA.
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the transition began to turn Babe into an everyday player. That year, he tied for the major-league lead in homeruns with 11, and followed that up by setting a single season home run record of 29 dingers.
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Babe was sold to the New York Yankees and the two teams would never be the same again.
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the Baseball Hall of Fame was inaugurated and Babe was elected as one of its first five inductees.
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his jersey number “3” was retired by the Yankees during his last appearance at Yankee Stadium.
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