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  • This Date in Baseball

    -- Babe Ruth of the Red Sox allowed two hits as he outdueled Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators 1-0. Ruth knocked in the winning run with a sacrifice fly.1922 -- Jesse Barnes of the New York Giants pitched the only no-hitter of the year, beating the   Read more »

  • Baseball 101: The best 101 numbers in baseball history

    Jeter , a Yankees record. 1/8 : Uniform number worn by 3-foot-7 Eddie Gaedel as a stunt pinch-hitter for the 1951 Browns. 3 : Babe Ruth's uniform number, which some people believe should be retired throughout baseball. 3,000 : Gold standard for hits . Roberto   Read more »

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About Babe Ruth

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. Ruth is one of the greatest sports heroes of American culture and the most celebrated player in American baseball history.[citation needed] He has been named the greatest baseball player in history in various surveys and rankings, and his home run hitting prowess and charismatic personality made him a larger than life figure in the "Roaring Twenties". He was the first player to hit 60 home runs in one season (1927), a record which stood for 34 years until broken by Roger Maris in 1961. Ruth's lifetime total of 714 home runs at his retirement in 1935 was a record for 39 years, until broken by Hank Aaron in 1974. Unlike many power hitters, Ruth also hit for average: his .342 lifetime batting is tenth highest in baseball history, and in one season (1923) he hit .393, a Yankee record. His .690 career slugging percentage, and 1.164 career on-base plus slugging (OPS) remain the major league records.

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