#37 - Babe Ruth | April 27, 2020

10 Facts About Today

1. His real name was George Herman Ruth
   1. He’s the only person in professional baseball history to have the last name “Ruth”
2. No one knows exactly when he was born
   1. He didn’t really know either
   2. He thought it was Feb 7th, 1894
   3. Now its accepted as Feb 6th, 1895
   4. What his family thinks is his birth certificate says 1894 but its for an unnamed male in his family
   5. His parents lost 6 kids in infancy and no one is sure which birth certificate is actually his
3. He started chewing and drinking before 8 years old
   1. He tried chewing tobacco and whiskey really young
   2. He ended up going to a cathlic reform school where the nuns said he was “incorrigible”
4. He got the nickname “Babe” his first year playing baseball in the International League
   1. No one knows who gave it to him
   2. No one called him Babe before that
   3. Soon after he went to the Red Sox
5. When he was presumed to be 19 he married a 16 year old
   1. He met her his first day in Boston
   2. She worked at a local coffee shop
6. He was a star left-handed pitcher for the Red Sox
   1. Now he’s obviously more known for being one of the best sluggers on the Yankees
7. In the 6 years he was with the Red Sox, they won 3 world series
   1. When he was traded to New York it started a long streak of loses in the World Series for the Red Sox
   2. Its known as the curse of Bambino
8. In 1919 he hit 29 home runs, which set the new “single-season home run” record
   1. He beat the record again in 1920 and then 1921 again
9. In 1919 only five teams hit more home runs than Ruth did by himself
   1. With the exception of the RedSox
10. The company that made the Babe Ruth Candy bar claim that its not named after the baseball player
    1. The Curtiss Candy Company officially claimed that it was named after President Grover Cleveland’s daughter, Ruth
    2. People think that their claim is just a way to get around legal issues