30 September 1927 Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run of the 1927 season on September 30, 1927, setting a record that would stand for 34 years. George Herman Ruth was born in Baltimore, Maryland on February 6, 1895. He was adopted by a wealthy family named Ruth and given their last name.
Babe Ruth made his major league debut with the Boston Red Sox in 1916 at the age of 19. In his first season, he played in 80 games and hit.270 with 16 homers and 78 RBIs. In 1917, Ruth finished second in MVP voting after hitting.443 with 39 homers and 139 RBIs. The next year, his average drops to.356 but he still hits 49 homers and drive in 136 runs.
In 1920, Ruth joins the New York Yankees and immediately becomes one of the best hitters in baseball. That year, he hits.443 with 52 homers and 130 RBIs. In 1921, his average drops to.372 but he still hits 50 homers and drive in 135 runs.
In 1922, Ruth gets hurt and finishes with a lower batting average than in previous seasons. However, he still hits 49 homers and drive in 135 runs.
In 1923, Ruth finally wins an MVP award when he hits.522 with 58 homers and 132 RBIs.
George Herman "Babe" Ruth (February 6, 1895–August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1914 to 1935. Nicknamed the "Sultan of Swat", he is considered one of the most powerful hitters in MLB history.
Ruth attended St. Louis University but quit school after one year to pursue a career in baseball. He started out as a pitcher and then switched to first base, where he remained for most of his career with the New York Yankees. In his rookie season, Ruth hit.270 with 32 home runs and 132 RBIs. In 1920, his last season before being traded to the Yankees, Ruth finished with 49 homers and 179 RBIs.
In 1922, Ruth set a record by hitting number 1 millionth ball thrown by a major league pitcher. The mark has been tied several times since then, but it is still standing today.
After his retirement as a player, Ruth managed the Yankees from 1936 to 1945 and returned in 1951 for one more season. He also served as a coach for most of this time. On December 3, 1930, Ruth signed a contract with the Boston Red Sox that would have made him one of the highest-paid players in MLB history.
There are 22 seasons. He is considered by many to be the greatest hitter in MLB history.
Ruth made his major league debut on April 17, 1914, for the Boston Red Sox at the age of 24. In his first season, he led the league in home runs with 47 while batting.690. The next year, he finished second in the voting for the MVP Award after hitting 69 homers and driving in 176 runners.
During World War I, he served in the United States Army Air Forces as a pilot in the Lafayette Flying Corps. After his discharge, he returned to the Red Sox, where he remained until his retirement in 1935. That same year, he came out of retirement to play one final season with the New York Yankees.
In between tours with the Red Sox and Yankees, Ruth played for several other teams including the Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, and Hollywood Stars. During this time, he continued to put up impressive numbers at the plate: he averaged about 40 home runs per season during his eight-year stretch with the Red Sox.
George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895–August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1914 to 1935. ...
| Babe Ruth | |
|---|---|
| Batting average | .342 |
| Hits | 2,873 |
| Home runs | 714 |
| Runs batted in | 2,213 |
Babe Ruth hit his 714th home run on May 25, 1935, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, setting a record for career home runs that would last for over 40 years. This was one of Ruth's final games, and his final home run. He died the next day at the age of 53.
The previous record holder was Hank Aaron, who broke the mark by hitting #755 on April 19, 1977. The two players were contemporaries who both played first base for their teams during most of their careers: Ruth for the New York Yankees and Milwaukee Brewers from 1914 to 1920 and 1923 to 1934; and Aaron for the Atlanta Braves from 1955 to 1973.
Ruth's record stood for 10 years after his death until it was broken by Aaron. Today, the record is held by Barry Bonds, who has seven times to Ruth's six. The only other player to reach five homers is Ted Williams with 605 during the 1947 season.
It is estimated that Ruth hit well over 1000 home runs during his career. However, because there was no official baseball statistics system in place during his time, many historians consider him to be among the more than 500 home run champion based on how many balls he hit against the wall in left field at Yankee Stadium. It is believed that he spent about three out of every four games at the plate, which means that he averaged more than one home run per game.
Ruth was four for four on the day, driving in six runs and hitting three home missiles. The first two shots were measured by umpire Hank O'Day at 64 and 65 feet, respectively. The third ball was clouted farther, into the right-field stands, but it too was measured at 65 feet.
Ruth's three blasts are still there today in Right Field at Pirates Park. However, only one of them is officially recorded by the league because Hoot Egan, who was working the game as a guest announcer for the Pirates radio network, estimated after the fact that the third shot was 60 or 65 feet high. The league began recording hits directly from the stands in 1936, so this number isn't verified by any kind of technology. However, this doesn't seem to bother anyone who has ever seen the ball park, which is reason enough not to worry about the accuracy of Egan's estimate.
In conclusion, yes, Babe Ruth did hit three homers out of Forbes Field. Although it is now called Pirates Park, it used to be known as Forbes Field back in its early days when Ruth played here.
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig were teammates on the New York Yankees baseball club in 1927. Ruth was already a larger-than-life "roaring twenties" sports celebrity and the holder of baseball's home run record, which he had achieved six years earlier in 1921, at the age of 59. When Ruth retired after the 1927 season, his career total of 714 homers was only three away from the all-time mark then held by Jimmie Foxx. However, it has been reported that Ruth actually struck out eight times in the process of hitting his 700th homer.
In an effort to keep pace with Ruth, who remained active in the Yankees' locker room during his retirement months as a favor to owner Jacob Ruppert, Lou Gehrig set a new American League record with 154 games played in 1927. The following year, when Ruth returned to the Yankees, he and Gehrig became friends and shared insights about their careers. When Ruth died in March 1930 at the age of 53, it was believed by many that he had finally succumbed to the disease that had been weakening him for several years. However, subsequent research has shown that he did not have tuberculosis, as was originally thought, but rather Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (also known as Motor Neuron Disease), a neurodegenerative disease that now bears his name.
Gehrig continued to play until 1939, when he died at the age of 37.
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