Skip to main content
Babe Ruth

Baseball· United States· 1910s

Babe Ruth

George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935.

Overall rating
1500
±686
Overall rank
provisional
Baseball rating
1500
0 same-sport
Record
0–0
0 matchups

Rating history

1500
07-2607-2707-28

The record book

Babe Ruth has not been voted on yet. There is no record to show — not an empty one, none at all. Cast the first vote.

Achievements

  • Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
  • Major League Baseball All-Star
  • Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame
  • Major League Baseball All-Time Team
  • Major League Baseball All-Century Team
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom

Background

George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", he began his MLB career as a star left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. In 1936, Ruth was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its "first five" members.

Source: Wikipedia. Quoted, not paraphrased — if a fact is not sourced, it is not here.