Babe Ruth Net Worth

Babe Ruth's Quotes

• There are 52 weeks in a year. I always wanted to make a grand a week. after signing a 5-year contract for $52,000 per season.
• The only game, I think, in the world is baseball.
• I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
• Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
• It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.

Interesting Facts about Babe Ruth

1. Was the first Major League player to hit 60 home runs (1927). Started out his career as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He had back-to-back 20-win seasons and won a total of 94 career games. Sold to New York for $100,000. Hit his famous "Called Shot" in the 1932 World Series in Chicago, off Chicago pitcher Charlie Root. He had two strikes when he allegedly pointed to center field and, on the very next pitch, smacked the ball in center field for a home run. Led American League in home runs 12 times, runs eight times, RBIs six times and batting once. Hit 714 career home runs. His number 3 was retired by the New York Yankees. Among the original members who were first admitted to the baseball Hall of Fame. Honored with a monument in Yankee Stadium.
2. Played for the American League's Boston Red Sox (1914-1919) and New York Yankees (1920-1934), and for the National League's Boston Braves (1935).
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4. Enshrined in the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame, 1995 (charter member).
5. Was lifted for a pinch hitter in the 1918 World Series.
6. Spoke German fluently. His maternal grandfather was a German immigrant.
7. Was once given an intentional walk with the bases loaded.
8. His last home run was the first to clear the right field roof in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field.
9. Biggest ambition was to be a major league manager.
10. Served as first base coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1938.
11. Turned down an offer to manage the Yankees' AAA farm club in Newark.
12. Was actually separated from his first wife, Helen, during the last few years of their marriage. Did not seek a divorce because they were both Roman Catholic.
13. Left the Yankees when the team would not name him manager. Accepted an offer by the Boston Braves to be right fielder, vice president, and assistant manager, the latter two of which were only on paper.
14. Still holds the Yankee club record for the highest season batting average with his .393 effort in 1923.
15. Became a full-time outfielder in 1919.
16. Hit a total of 16 grand slam home runs during his career.
17. Held the record for consecutive scoreless innings pitched in World Series play from 1918 until 1961, when Whitey Ford broke it.
18. Could never remember his teammates' names; usually called everybody "kid".
19. Lived at St. Mary's Industrial School in Baltimore, where he was introduced to baseball by Brother Matthias, until he was signed by the Baltimore Orioles of the International League in 1914. Because he was 19, Orioles' manager Jack Dunne became his guardian. Ruth was called "Dunne's babe", which is how he acquired the nickname "Babe".
20. Pictured on a 20¢ US commemorative postage stamp issued in his honor, on Wednesday, July 6th, 1983.