By: Adam Mace

The birth of The Big Bambino

He was born on February 6th, 1895 in Baltimore,

Maryland He was born in his house over his fathers Saloon He was also named Gorge Herman Ruth

The Childhood
Was kicked out of his own house at the age of seven

and sent to St. Marys Institutional school for boys and was put into a dorm on campus Learned how to play baseball a year later and was the catcher of his dorm

The Teen hood

He had be gun playing pitcher and catcher in baseball

at the age of fourteen Had started being scouted at the age of eighteen by the coach of his rival school who was friends with the head coach of the Oriels Signed a contract to play for the Oriels at the age of nineteen Went to boot camp in North Carolina and was when he was called Babe Ruth because the head coach called his rookies babes and they put his last name at the end of it

His Career
Had always played catcher for half of the game and

pitcher for the other half for the Oriels and Pitched the rest of his career for Red Sox and Yankees Struck out at least three or more players every game, had a batting average of .342, hit 2,873 homeruns total in his career, and had a win and lose record of 94-46 Retired on May 30th, 1935 and walked on and off the field using a bat as a cane

The End of Babe Ruth

Eleven years later he had got bad news from the

doctor that he had a malignant tumor on his neck then two years later he lost the battle of cancer and died on August 16th, 1948

Achievements in the Babes Career

was elected two-times in a row for the all star of the

year award in 1933 and 1934 won the world series seven times in a row was elected 1932 AL MVP Yankees announce that there will never be a player on there team with the number three Was a member of the Major Leagues all Century team Was declared the best baseball player in history by sport media

The Bibliography
Wendell, Jason. "Bibliography." Babe Ruth. Luminary Group LLC, 2011. Web. 8 Dec 2011. <http://www.baberuth.com/biography/>.
Hampton, Wilborn. Up Close: Babe Ruth. New York: Penguin group, 2009 Wendell, Jason. "Stats." Babe Ruth. Luminary Group LLC, 2011. Web. 9 Dec 2011. <www.baberuth.com/stats/>.

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