Babe Ruth, born George Herman 'Babe' Ruth Jr. on Feb. 6, 1895, made his Major League Baseball debut on July 11, 1914. Ruth went on to play 22 seasons, 10 World Series and hit 714 home runs before his retirement on June 2, 1935. On Aug. 16, 1948, The Great Bambino died in New York City after a battle with cancer. He was 53. Take a look back at the icon's incredible career on the field.
Babe Ruth’s numbers will hold up forever. A career .342 hitter with 714 homers and 2,214 RBI, he earned his nickname: the “Sultan of Swat.”
Before becoming a Yankees icon, Ruth was carving out a legendary career as a pitcher and left fielder for the Boston Red Sox.
Babe Ruth has himself a day in 1920, setting a then-record with his 31st home run in a game against the White Sox on July 19. He’d finish the year with an incredible 54 homers.
Shoeless Joe Jackson (R) of the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees’ Babe Ruth look at one of Babe’s home run bats.
A dapper Babe Ruth goes out for a drive with Yankees manager Miller Huggins in 1921.
Babe Ruth snacks on a Girl Scout cookie during a promotion for the Scout’s Annual Cookie Sale way back in 1923.
New York Yankees Babe Ruth is seen in 1923.
The very first world championship New York Yankees’ outfielders Bob Meusel, Whitey Witt and Babe Ruth.
Youngsters lending an ear to Babe Ruth as he tells them stories of his life from orphanage to baseball fame on Nov. 29, 1924.
Well into his prime in 1926, Ruth clubs 47 homers and drives in 153 RBI while batting .372 for the Yankees. If you can believe it, he was not the MVP that year. Cleveland’s George Henry Burns took home the hardware.
Babe Ruth went through a very stiff period of training in a New York gym for his coming season. For many hours a day, the athlete skipped rope, punched the bag, ran and swung a bat, all the while quenching his thirst with generous draughts of hot water.
Home run king Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees, center, is seen with teammates Tony Lazzeri, left, and Lou Gehrig, right, June 1927 in New York.
Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees hits his record-breaking 60th home run on Sept. 30, 1927, off Tom Zachary of the Washington Senators.
Babe Ruth clubs his record 60th home run on the second-to-last day of the 1927 season.
He wasn’t just a star on the diamond. Babe Ruth gets powdered and rouged by Mel Burns before facing cameras in Hollywood in 1927.
Babe Ruth starring in “Babe Comes Home”, a First National Picture, 1927, with Anna O. Nilsson and Louise Fazenda.
Thespian Babe Ruth pushes a lawn roller for one of his dozen-plus film roles. He usually played himself.
When officers of the Japanese Fleet, visiting New York City in 1927, went to Yankee Stadium to see the ball game, Babe Ruth drew one of the short swords from the sheaths of one of the officers and proceeded to test the sharpness of the blade by attempting to use it as a razor.
New York Yankees stars Babe Ruth, left, and Lou Gehrig posed during an exhibition game in Oct. 1927. The sport’s most successful franchise reached mythical heights in 1927, when Ruth hit 60 home runs and did not even lead the team in total bases. That distinction went to Gehrig, who batted .373 with 47 homers, 52 doubles and 18 triples.
Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth entertaining fans at Dexter Park in Brooklyn during a barnstorming tour in October of 1928.
Babe Ruth hands Al Calistro, manager of Jimmy Walker’s Bears, the trophy for the Bear’s Junior Championship. Mascot Fred Garland, holding bat, looks on.
Babe Ruth stands in the dugout with a strained muscle in his left leg during a game at Cleveland July 19, 1929.
Babe Ruth at bat in 1929.
Col. Jacob Ruppert, owner of the New York Yankees, brings a fresh batch of bats to the team at their spring training camp at St. Petersburg, Fla., March 25, 1930. At right of Ruppert is Lou Gehrig, first baseman, and at left is Babe Ruth, receiving a bundle. Bob Shawkey, manager of the Yanks, is left of Gehrig. Others are unidentified.
Babe Ruth was one of baseball’s larger stars, both in star power and stature.
Two legendary Yankees, Lou Gehrig (L) and Babe Ruth were also pretty close friends.
Babe Ruth goes for a cruise with his second wife, Claire Merritt Ruth (R) and his adopted daughter, Julia.
Babe Ruth’s big-money signing in 1932 makes for front page of the New York Daily News.
Babe Ruth and his wife Claire Merritt Ruth, who he married in 1929, on Opening Day at Yankee Stadium in 1933.
In his final season with the Yankees, Babe Ruth hit 22 homers with 84 RBI while batting .288. A great year for anyone else was a down year for the Bambino.
Ruth’s Yankee career came to an unceremonious end after the 1934 season. He appeared in 28 games for the Boston Braves before calling it quits in 1935 at age 40.
Babe Ruth and Yankees teammate Lou Gehrig bag a fish during a trip in 1938.
Retired Yankees slugger Babe Ruth warms up with three bats before stepping to the plate at New York’s Yankee Stadium, in an August 21, 1942 photo.
Thousands turn out to pay their respects to Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium following his death in August of 1948. Ruth was 53.
The day after his death, The Daily News ran a photo montage of the great slugger’s career.
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