The Perfect Baseball Player, Babe Ruth

The Perfect Baseball Player, Babe Ruth

By Sean Park



Early Years

On February 6th Babe Ruth was born in Baltimore, Mary Land. Ruth’s father owned a tavern, and running the business left him. Young Ruth began skipping school and played baseball with neighbors whenever possible.



Signs Baseball Contact

In 1914, Ruth became so good at baseball that he moved to Baltimore Orioles minor league team, six months contract for six hundred dollars. He was the best player in that team. Then, he moved to Boston Red Socks team (American League) in 1915. In 1919, he recorded 29 homeruns.



Becomes Legend with the Yankees

In 1920, Babe Ruth was sold to the New York Yankees for one hundred thousand dollars and three hundred fifty thousand dollars. He recorded 0.849 in 1920 in the slugging percentage. Then he had a career high batting average of 0.393 in 1923. He hit 60 homeruns in 1927.



Lately Years

In 1935, he signed with the Boston Braves as an assistant manager and player, because he was told he was going to get manage the following year. He hit his last homerun on May 25th, 1935. After that year in 1936, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame with Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Walter Johnson, and Christy Mathewson. In August 16th, 1948, he died at Memorial Hospital in New York City at the age of 53 years old.