Many people today associate Babe Ruth with baseball rather than his contributions to society. Babe Ruth, the iconic hero of the early 20th century baseball scene who is often referred to as “the Sultan of Swat”, used his time during the Great Depression to help many less fortunate citizens get through some particularly tough times. Babe Ruth did not sign autographs for baseball cards or jerseys, he instead chose to sign food. Babe Ruth’s goal was to feed the hungry during the Great Depression, not to make money for himself by signing baseball memorabilia. Babe Ruth is remembered as an American hero more so than a legendary baseball player because of his efforts to help Americans in need.
Babe Ruth was not just a baseball player during his life, but an American hero. Babe Ruth’s heroic efforts are unmatched even today because of the popularity that Babe Ruth has received since his death for vastly different reasons than people have remembered Babe Ruth while he was still alive. Babe Ruth is one of the most important persons in the history of America, not just its sports history. Babe Ruth set standards for other athletes to follow and Babe Ruth continues to set standards that Americans should strive to meet.
Babe Ruth made baseball exciting again. Babe Ruth was a hero because he quickly changed baseball from a boring sport to a high scoring, exciting game that people wanted to watch. Babe Ruth is the home run king of all time, and also holds the single season record for home runs. Babe Ruth became an American hero not only by changing baseball, turning it into a mainstream sports activity once more, but also by coming back from his illness in 1925. Babe Ruth came back from being struck with slumping so bad that they felt he needed to go away for a while after hitting just. 181 that season. Babe Ruth would later recover and hit. 372-24-111 that season.
Babe Ruth had many great games throughout career as well as inside of his career. Babe Ruth is the hero of baseball, and American hero because he morphed baseball into a national pastime again. Babe Ruth helped create many records over his career which still stand today. Babe Ruth also holds the record for most World Series home runs with 18, as well as most World Series RBI’s with 40. Babe Ruth was not only an American hero to America but he was a hero inside of baseball itself. Babe Ruth made it to the Major Leagues in 1914 playing for The Boston Red Sox where there are now statues commemorating him outside of Fenway Park.
Babe Ruth became known early on in his career by hitting 29 homeruns in 1919, following up that year by hitting 54 homeruns in 1920 setting the single season record for homeruns. Babe Ruth was known for hitting home runs in every park he went to, Babe Ruth had the most career grand slams with record setting 11. Babe Ruth also hit a home run in game 6 of the World Series which would be Babe Ruth’s last appearance in a Red Sox uniform before being traded to New York where Babe Ruth became even more popular.
Babe Ruth is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. Babe Ruth’a heroics brought people to the stands, which in turn created more money for owners. Babe Ruth was an American hero. Babe Ruth, The Babe (similar sized nicknames), George Herman Babe Ruth Jr., The Great Bambino (European/British), ” Babe”, “The Sultan Of Swat” (more popular name than the other ones)
Babe Early Career:
At age 19, Babe was signed to a minor league team where he played until 1914 when he was finally called up to play for the Boston Red Sox. After just two years with the Red Sox, Babe’s contract was then sold off to the New York Yankees who Babe Ruth is now with today.
Babe Ruth Statistics:
During Babe’s time in New York, Babe led the league in Home Runs twelve years straight (1920-1931) (an MLB record), won seven American League MVP awards (League leader in batting average, home runs, runs batted in, on base percentage and slugging percentage which are all considered to be valuable offensive statistics). Babe also had a four year span where he batted .400 or higher for every season (1921-1924) (a .400 batting average was not reached by anyone since then due to changes in baseball stats). Babe retired with 714 Home runs which is still an MLB record.
Babe Ruth Story:
One story that shows how powerful of a hitter Babe really was, Babe once hit a baseball completely out of the stadium on top of the right field roof. Babe had to get on top of the roof to fetch his ball. Babe Ruth became an American hero because of how many records Babe broke and for being an inspiration for young children who wanted to play baseball too. Babe retired in 1935 with a career batting average of .342 (fourth highest all-time). Babe did this while hitting 714 Home runs (highest all-time), knocking in 2,213 RBI’s (second highest all-time) and having 2,873 hits (seventh highest all-time).
Babe Ruth is an American hero because not only did he transform baseball into something that America wanted to watch again, but also Babe Ruth faced many great challenges throughout his life and overcame them all becoming one of the greatest players of all time, who broke every existing record at the time giving Americans another reason to love baseball even more because it had so exciting once again. Babe Ruth died in 1948 at the age of 53 of cancer.
Babe Ruth is a hero because he overcame so many obstacles throughout his life, and made baseball exciting once more for America. Babe Ruth was not only an American hero to America but Babe Ruth was a hero within the game itself. Babe Ruth started the home run era in baseball that we know today, and will forever be remembered as one of if not the greatest player ever with records still standing today. Babe Ruth was inducted into Baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1936.