Babe Ruth Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Death Cause, Contact Details, Wife, Affairs, Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
George Herman Ruth
NICK NAMES
The Great Bambino, the Sultan of Swat, The Big Bam
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Wednesday
BIRTHPLACE
Pigtown, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
DIED AT AGE
53 Years 6 Months 10 Days
DEATHDATE
August 16, 1948
DEATHPLACE
Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
CAUSE OF DEATH
Esophageal Cancer
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
AQUARIUS
FEATURES
Brown hair
Physical Stats
CHEST
N/A
BICEPS
N/A
WAIST
N/A
HEIGHT
6'2''(feet & inches)
1.8796 meters
187.96 cm
WEIGHT
98 kg
215.6 lbs
Babe Ruth Family Members
Parents
MOTHER
Katherine Schamberger
FATHER
George Herman Ruth, Sr.
SISTER(S) NAME
Babe Ruth Marriage, Affairs and Children
SPOUSE
Helen Ruth (1914-1929)
SPOUSE
Claire Merritt Ruth (1929-1948)
Fame & Address
SIGNATURE
DEBUT
Major League Baseball (1914)
FAMOUS FROM/AS
Boston Red Sox (1914 to 1919)
ADDRESS
Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Official Website
www.baberuth.com
Education, Net Worth & More
RELIGION
Roman Catholicism
SCHOOLING FROM
St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys.
NET WORTH
$1.06 Million
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Some Lesser Known Facts About Babe Ruth
- There was a Catholic Boys Reformatory school where children get an industrial training to make career and he was sent there when he was 7 years old where he was a shirt maker.
- He played the baseball in his school time with the motivation of monks and at the age of 19, he started signing major leagues.
- In beginning career, he played as a pitcher both left and right-hand pitcher and played for many teams like from 1920-1934 he played for the New York Yankees, from 1914-1919 he played for Boston Red Sox and for the Boston Braves in 1935.
- He died at the age of 53 and at Yankee Stadium, his coffin was put open for two days to gather last respect from his fans. Around 100,000 fans were collected there to pay last respect to him.
- The Yankee Stadium was given a nickname 'The House That Ruth Built' after Babe Ruth, the best phase of the star's playing career befallen at the same time of the opening of the Stadium.
- He also acted in four movies as himself and for a role to play a younger character he lost 40 pounds.
- In 1935 he got retirement and also in 1936 he was introduced into the Baseball Hall Of Fame with five another players.
- By the sports memorabilia and baseball memorabilia, the most expensive things sold were correlated to the baseball star Babe Ruth. As his bat with which he scored his first home run at Yankee Stadium was sold for $1,265,000 in 2004, his jersey was sold for $4,415,658 in the year 2012.
- Did Babe Ruth takes alcohol? NA.
- Was Babe Ruth in the habit of Smoking? NA.
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