Babe Ruth was born on February 6, 1895 in Baltimore Maryland. His wife was Helen Woodford. The first baseball team that he played for was the Red Sox. He then was traded to the New York Yankees in 1920. The Red Sox believe that they had a curse on them from Babe Ruth leaving as they did not win a world series until the 21st century.

In 1936, Babe Ruth was inducted into the Hall of Fame. He was only 1 of 5 to be in the Hall of Fame. Before that in 1927 he hit his 60th home run and had 164 RBIs.

The Yankees retired Ruth’s number 3 after he visited the stadium one last time in 1948. Babe Ruth was an amazing baseball player. In 1923 he had a batting average of .393. Also his total number of home runs was 714 and stood for many years until being broken in 1974.

Babe Ruth had a big effect on the Yankees. He is known as one of the most famous baseball players of all time. He played over 2000 games in the New York Stadium. He broke the record books, and it is hard to not think about Ruth while in New York.

Babe Ruth suffered from a rare disease. He had a tumor in his neck and also one behind his nose. He attended Babe Ruth Day at the Yankees Stadium, but did not live long after that. He spoke to 60,000 people at the Stadium that day, talking about his love for the game and his thankfulness for his fans.