Emerging as one of the American League’s top young pitching…
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It was the last home date of the season for the Boston Red Sox,…
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One of the many legends surrounding Babe Ruth involves Johnny…
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Smoke.
That’s what they called him.
He was respected and…
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DECEMBER 16, 2020 — Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Wednesday…
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DECEMBER 15, 2020 — One hundred years after the founding of…
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When Babe Ruth was traded to the New York Yankees by Boston Red…
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With Babe Ruth’s 50th home run of the year in the record books,…
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During the 1926 American League season, there were a handful…
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Babe Ruth was hammering the final stamp onto one of baseball’s…
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It was a “mastodonic thrust,” according to the New York Times.1…
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It came on a full count. A fastball a little bit up in the zone,…
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September 24, 1920: Babe Ruth becomes first player to hit 50 home runs in a season
September 24, 1920: Babe Ruth hits 51st homer just hours after reaching milestone
June 13, 1921: Ruth’s Yankees knock out Cobb’s Tigers as Babe reaches Polo Grounds bleachers
August 16, 1927: Babe Ruth’s homer reaches the roof at Comiskey Park in Chicago
September 29, 1920: Babe Ruth hits 54th home run to cap off first season with Yankees
July 15, 1921: Babe Ruth’s 138th career home run ties Roger Connor’s big-league record
September 15, 1921: Babe Ruth again breaks his own home run record with #55 at Polo Grounds