Before his outstanding and historic career with the New York Yankees, George Herman Ruth, Jr. signed his first ontract with the Baltimore Orioles in February of 1914. He was only 19 years of age at the time¹. During his spring training, he astonished the veteran Orioles thanks to his youth in addition to his remarkable pitching and hitting with a baseball bat. Orioles teammates referred to him as the team owner and manager Jack Dunn's “newest babe.” From there George Ruth, Jr. was known as Babe Ruth.



After playing one season with the Boston Red Sox, Babe Ruth signed with the New York Yankees. In his first two seasons with the Yankees, he would increase his home run record from 54 to 59. He became famous and so popular that in 1923, when the Yankees moved to a new stadium, it was appropriately dubbed “The House That Jack Built².” The New York Yankees would experience a banner year in 1927. Babe Ruth once again broke his home run record with 60. He and Lou Gherig, at their peak, would lead the Yankees to a World Series Championship.

Babe Ruth is one the greatest baseball stars and one of the best left handed pitchers for all time. Sometimes called “The Sultan of Swat,” he led the New York Yankees to four World Series Championships and set attendance records with fans. In 1936, Babe Ruth was one of the first of five members of the newly established Baseball Hall of Fame³. The Big Fellow known as Babe Ruth played more than twenty years of professional baseball. He passed away on August 16, 1948 in New York City.