22 interesting facts about Babe Ruth

1. George Herman Ruth, Jr. was born in February 6, 1895.
2. In 1914 Babe Ruth started out his career as a left-handed pitcher for the Baltimore team of the International League.
3. After he was sold to the New York Yankees in 1919, he converted to a full-time right fielder and subsequently became one of the league's most prolific hitters.
4. Herman Ruth is best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat".
5. Babe Ruth was born in Baltimore, and educated at Saint Mary's Industrial School.
6. Ruth was a mainstay in the Yankees' lineup that won seven pennants and four World Series titles during his tenure with the team.
7. He was one of only two people to ever hit three home runs in a World Series game.
   
8. In 1936, Ruth became one of the first five players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
9. From 1920 to 1935 Babe Ruth played for the New York Yankees as an outfielder of the American League.
10. Ruth 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".
11. Later in the year of 1914 Babe Ruth became a member of the Boston Red Sox of the American League.
12. Off the field Ruth was famous for his charity, but also was noted for his often reckless lifestyle.
13. From 1919 to the end of his career Babe Ruth was the outstanding outfielder of his time and one of the best in baseball history.
14. The popularity of the game exploded in the 1920s, largely due to his influence.
15. In his major league career of 22 years, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936 for playing in 2503 games and had a lifetime batting.
16. In 1993, the Associated Press reported that Muhammad Ali was tied with Babe Ruth as the most recognized athletes, out of over 800 dead or alive athletes, in America.
17. Ruth narrowly missed winning the Triple Crown in 1924. He hit .378 for his only American League batting title, led the major leagues with 46 home runs, and batted in 121 runs to finish second to Goose Goslin's 129.
    
18. He played in 163 games as a pitcher, winning 92 and losing 44, for a percentage of .676, he was one of the best left-handed pitchers the game has ever known.
19. His .690 career slugging percentage and 1.164 career on-base plus slugging (OPS) remain the Major League records.
20. Ruth's lifetime total of 714 home runs at his retirement in 1935 was a record, until first surpassed by Hank Aaron in 1974.
21. In a 1999 ESPN poll, he was ranked as the third-greatest US athlete of the century, behind Michael Jordan and Muhammad Ali.
22. Babe Ruth was mainly known as a home-run hitter. In 1927 he set a record for hitting 60 home runs in 154 games, a major league record that stood until 1961.