Babe Ruth was born at 216 Emory Street in Pigtown, a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Kate Schamberger-Ruth and George Herman Ruth, Sr. were Ruth's parents, and they owned some saloons and sold lightning rods. One sad thing about his childhood was that only one of Ruth's seven siblings, his sister Mamie, survived past infancy.
Ruth was sent by his father to st. Mary's orphanage/school when he was seven years old. Brother Matthias Boutlier was the head of discipline at St. Mary's school and first introduced Ruth to the game of baseball. Matthias also acted like a father figure to Ruth. Ruth played against Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland in 1913, and gained the attention of Jack Dunn, owner and manager of the then minor-league Baltimore Orioles, and later got signed to his team.
on July 9, 1914, Dunn signed Ruth and two other players to Joe Lannin with the Boston Red Sox. Ruth played for the Red Socks for about six years, then got signed to the New York Yankees for about 14 years, and then, finally, got signed to the Boston Braves for 1 year.
.342 -- Batting Average
714 -- Home Runs
2,873 -- Hits
2.217 -- Runs Batted In
94-46 -- Win-Loss Record
2.28 -- Earned Run Average
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