Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

George Herman Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948), best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935. Ruth originally broke into the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox as a starting pitcher, but after he was sold to the New York Yankees in 1919, he converted to a full-time right fielder and subsequently became one of the league's most prolific hitters. Ruth was a mainstay in the Yankees' lineup that won seven pennants and four World Series titles during his tenure with the team. After a short stint with the Boston Braves in 1935, Ruth retired. In 1936, Ruth became one of the first five players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Ruth has since become regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture. He has been named the greatest baseball player in history in various surveys and rankings, and his home run hitting prowess and charismatic personality made him a larger than life figure in the "Roaring Twenties". Off the field he was famous for his charity, but also was noted for his often reckless lifestyle. Ruth is credited with changing baseball itself. The popularity of the game exploded in the 1920s, largely due to his influence. Ruth ushered in the "live-ball era", as his big swing led to escalating home run totals that not only excited fans, but helped baseball evolve from a low-scoring, speed-dominated game to a high-scoring power game. In 1998, The Sporting News ranked Ruth number one on the list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players". In 1999, baseball fans named Ruth to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. In 1969, he was named baseball's Greatest Player Ever in a ballot commemorating the 100th anniversary of professional baseball. In 1993, the Associated Press reported that Muhammad Ali was tied with Babe Ruth as the most recognized athletes, out of over 800 dead or alive athletes, in America. The study found that over 97% of Americans over 12 years of age identified both Ali and Ruth. According to ESPN, he was the first true American sports celebrity superstar whose fame transcended baseball. In a 1999 ESPN poll, he was ranked as the third-greatest US athlete of the century, behind Michael Jordan and Muhammad Ali. Ruth was the first player to hit 60 home runs in one season (1927), setting the season record which stood until broken by Roger Maris in 1961. Ruth's lifetime total of 714 home runs at his retirement in 1935 was a record, until first surpassed by Hank Aaron in 1974. Unlike many power hitters, Ruth also hit for average: his .342 lifetime batting is tenth highest in baseball history, and in one season (1923) he hit .393, a Yankee record. His .690 career slugging percentage and 1.164 career on-base plus slugging (OPS) remain the Major League records. Ruth dominated the era in which he played. He led the league in home runs during a season twelve times, slugging percentage and OPS thirteen times each, runs scored eight times, and runs batted in (RBIs) six times. Each of those totals represents a modern record (as well as the all-time record, except for RBIs). Description above from the Wikipedia article Babe Ruth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Titel: Babe Ruth
  • Populariteit: 0.5
  • Bekend om: Acting
  • Verjaardag: 1895-02-05
  • Geboorteplaats: Pigtown, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Babe Ruth Films

  • 2017
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    Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson

    Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson

    8.3 2017 HD

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  • 1928
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    Speedy

    Speedy

    7.31 1928 HD

    Harold 'Speedy' Swift verliest zijn baan en wordt taxichauffeur. Eén van zijn eerste klanten is honkballer Babe Ruth, die zo snel mogelijk...

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  • 1942
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    The Pride of the Yankees

    The Pride of the Yankees

    7.4 1942 HD

    Verhaal over de legendarische honkballer Lou Gehrig. Het verhaal begint met de jonge Lou die er als kind al van droomt een professioneel honkballer...

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  • 2015
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    Babe Ruth Footage

    Babe Ruth Footage

    1 2015 HD

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  • 2022
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    Say Hey, Willie Mays!

    Say Hey, Willie Mays!

    6.4 2022 HD

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  • 1932
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    Fancy Curves

    Fancy Curves

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1998
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    Babe Ruth

    Babe Ruth

    6.4 1998 HD

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  • 2007
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    Reel Baseball - 1899-1926

    Reel Baseball - 1899-1926

    1 2007 HD

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  • 2012
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    Reel Baseball: Baseball's Golden Era the Way Americans Witnessed It

    Reel Baseball: Baseball's Golden Era the Way Americans Witnessed It

    1 2012 HD

    Omroeper Joe Garagiola vertelt over de grootste wedstrijden uit het gouden honkbaltijdperk in deze documentaire vol nostalgie. De unieke focus ligt...

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  • 1920
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    Headin' Home

    Headin' Home

    5.4 1920 HD

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  • 1929
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    At the Ball Game

    At the Ball Game

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1937
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    Home Run on the Keys

    Home Run on the Keys

    2.5 1937 HD

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  • 1991
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    Super Stars of Sports: Baseball

    Super Stars of Sports: Baseball

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1920
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    Play Ball with Babe Ruth

    Play Ball with Babe Ruth

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1984
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    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    10 1984 HD

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  • 1997
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    Sports on the Silver Screen

    Sports on the Silver Screen

    10 1997 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Golden Twenties

    The Golden Twenties

    1 1950 HD

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  • 2018
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    Always at The Carlyle

    Always at The Carlyle

    6.9 2018 HD

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  • 1990
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    Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend

    Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend

    1 1990 HD

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  • 2022
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    Голубоглазый японец

    Голубоглазый японец

    1 2022 HD

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  • 1991
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    The Record Breakers

    The Record Breakers

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1998
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    Race for the Record

    Race for the Record

    1 1998 HD

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  • 1927
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    Babe Comes Home

    Babe Comes Home

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1925
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    Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit

    Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit

    7.1 1925 HD

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  • 1932
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    Just Pals

    Just Pals

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1932
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    Slide, Babe, Slide

    Slide, Babe, Slide

    7 1932 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.5 1948 HD

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