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Babe Ruth

Published on Dec 21, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

BABE RUTH

BY JESSE LESHER

1895-1948

PLAYING CAREER 1914-1935

Led the MLB in homeruns 12 times
Has 714 homeruns in his career

He started as a pitcher
But Later changed to outfield

Babe Ruth got his nickname "babe" on the Baltimore Orioles
He later got sold to the Boston red sox

The Yankees never been to a World Series before getting Ruth
They went to 7 with him in 15 years

Hit 3 homeruns in the World Series twice only player to do so
Only person to get caught steeling as final out in World Series

Ruth and Gehrig where the first teammates to both hit 30 homeruns in a year
Gehrig and Ruth had a fallout after Gehrigs mom made a remark of Ruth's wife

Babe only played in two all-star games because the all star games started in 1933
Hit the first ever all-star game homerun

Ruth never struck out 100 time in one year
But hr retired as the all time strike out leader with 1330

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way

The reason I believe babe Ruth was important in the 1920's is that he helped