Babe Ruth
George Herman Ruth Jr. was born on February 6, 1895, at his grandparents house in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents were George and Katherine Schamberger Ruth. His parents had seven children after George, but only one of them survived, his sister Mary Margret, also known as Mamie. George was paid very little attention, or given any real love from his parents when he was growing up. "By the tender age of seven, he was playing hooky from school, stealing fruits and vegetables, chewing tobacco, and drinking his fathers whisky" (Resnet). George's parents gave him up at the age of seven on June 13, 1902 to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys. His father signed over little George to the Brothers of Xaverian, the people who ran the school. One good thing out of all this is that he met Brother Matthies, St. Mary's main disciplinarian, who encouraged George to play baseball. Babe Ruth "soon became the schools best player" (Resnet), as he played many different positions for his championship team. George stayed at St. Mary's until his mother's death in 1910. He was nineteen when Jack Dunn signed him to play baseball with the Baltimore Orioles. When Jack Dunn brought George to the field, some of the players said "well here'
It was in 1935 when Babe Ruth decided to call it quits. He wanted to manage for the Yankees, but the Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert did not let him. Babe was at the age of forty when he stopped playing baseball. In 1936 Babe Ruth was elected to the Hall of Fame receiving "215 votes of 226 ballots cast: 95.13%" (Hall of Fame). Unfortunately, he never had the chance to fulfill his desire to manage a major baseball team as Babe died from throat cancer at the age of fifty-three. At 8:01 p.m. August 16, 1948, George lost his fight with cancer. Two days after his death, they laid his body in front of Yankee Stadium where hundreds came to say goodbye to the greatest man who ever played the game. April 27 was declared babe Ruth day in every baseball park in the United States and Japan.
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