Did you know?
• Babe Ruth hit the first home run in the history of the All Star Game, at Chicago’s Comiskey Park in 1933.
• When Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in 1927, he hit 14% of all home runs in his league that year. For a player to hit 14% of all home runs today, he would have to hit over 300 home runs in one season.
• On May 6, 1915, Babe Ruth hit his first major league home run off Jack Warhop, who pitched, ironically, for the Yankees.
• Babe Ruth was one of only two people to ever hit three home runs in a World Series game.
• He was born in Baltimore, and educated at Saint Mary’s Industrial School.
• In 1914 he started out his career as a left-handed pitcher for Baltimore.
• Later in the year of 1914 he became a member of the Boston Red Sox.
• From 1920 to 1935 he played for the New York Yankees as an outfielder.
• The Babe 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.
• From 1919 to the end of his career he was the outstanding outfielder of his time and one of the best in baseball history.
• He 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.
• Babe Ruth’s lifetime record of 714 home runs in regular-season play was finally broken by Hank Aaron in 1974.
• After his major league career of 22 years, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.