Babe Ruth By: Elizabeth Shepherd & Reina Torrez-Miner

Birth Information Born on February 6,1895 in Baltimore, Maryland Real name is George Herman Ruth

Personal Background One of eight children Only Babe and his sister Mamie survived the other six passed away When he was seven years old his parents sent him away to St, Mary’s Industrial school for boys because he became a troublemaker to the neighborhood and they were never there to make him mind Before he was found as a major league baseball player he worked for Baltimore Orioles Babe was founded by his boss Jack Dunn When Babe was 19 years old Jack Dunn became his legal guardian After the Baltimore Orioles Babe went and played with the Boston Red Sox

Field Of Work Major League Baseball player Played for the New York Yankees Before Babe played for the Yankees the Yankees had never had a title until Babe came Babe helped the Yankees by seven pennants and had gotten them 4 World Series Titles Babe was important during the 1920’s because he gave people something to look forward to and gave people a new light of things to look at

Photographs Babe With one of his fans One of Babe’s games playing for the Yankees

Personal Babe’s first season playing for Boston he fell in love with a waitress named Helen and later married her Babe had some pretty serious scandals during his baseball career such as staying out late ignoring the team’s curfew and he loved to drink and he slept with a large amount of women and crashed his car a couple of times

Apperance After a Yankees game Watching a Yankees game

Important Little Facts Babe’s Yankees jersey sold for $4.4million dollars 714 home runs Voted Athlete of the century by the Associated press 7 time World Series Champion(1915,1916,1918,1923,1927, 1928,1993) Elected in 1936 for the Hall of Fame receiving 95.13% of the votes

Death Information In 1946 it was discovered that Babe had malignant tumor in his neck On August 16,1948 the cancer took over him and he passed away at age 53 His body laid in Yankee Stadium the funeral was two days later and over 100,000 people lined up and paid their respects

Famous Quotes “Never let the fear of striking out get in your way” “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up”

Works Citied Family of Babe Ruth & Babe Ruth League. “Babe Ruth” Babe Ruth December 10, Jennifer Rosenberg. “20 th Century History” Babe Ruth December 10, uth.htm uth.htm Caso,F “Ruth. Babe” Notable Sports Figures encyclopedia. COM December 10, spx