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.

  • Title: Babe Ruth
  • Popularity: 1.775
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1895-02-05
  • Place of Birth: Pigtown, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Babe Ruth Movies

  • 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

    In honor of Homer's journey to the Hall of Fame, MLB all-stars and Springfield locals look back at the greatest corporate softball game ever played.

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  • 1928
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    Speedy

    Speedy

    7.3 1928 HD

    Speedy loses his job as a soda jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then becomes a cab driver and delivers Babe Ruth to Yankee...

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  • 1942
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    The Pride of the Yankees

    The Pride of the Yankees

    7.365 1942 HD

    The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.

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  • 2015
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    Babe Ruth Footage

    Babe Ruth Footage

    1 2015 HD

    One of SPEEDY’s many delights is a surprise cameo by Babe Ruth. In this new piece, David Filipi, director of film and video at the Wexner...

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  • 2022
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    Say Hey, Willie Mays!

    Say Hey, Willie Mays!

    6.222 2022 HD

    Follow Willie Mays’ life both on and off the field over five decades as he navigated the American sports landscape and the country’s...

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  • 1932
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    Fancy Curves

    Fancy Curves

    1 1932 HD

    Babe Ruth teaches babes how to play baseball.....

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  • 1998
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    Babe Ruth

    Babe Ruth

    6.4 1998 HD

    As its title implies, this video attempts to go beyond the public persona of one of major league baseball's greatest stars. Accepting Ruth as a...

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  • 2007
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    Reel Baseball - 1899-1926

    Reel Baseball - 1899-1926

    1 2007 HD

    A cornucopia of early - and, in many cases, extremely rare - baseball films, offering privileged peeks into early twentieth century American...

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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

    Broadcaster Joe Garagiola narrates the greatest games of baseball's golden era in this nostalgia-packed documentary. Its unique focus is legendary...

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  • 1920
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    Headin' Home

    Headin' Home

    5.4 1920 HD

    The "true story" of baseball great Babe Ruth; Ruth plays himself.

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  • 1929
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    At the Ball Game

    At the Ball Game

    1 1929 HD

    The story is set on opening day of the 1929 season and Joe wants to see the Yankees play. So, he manages to sneak inside. Once there, instead of...

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  • 1937
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    Home Run on the Keys

    Home Run on the Keys

    2.5 1937 HD

    In this short film, Babe Ruth proposes to put a song about baseball on the radio.

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  • 1991
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    Super Stars of Sports: Baseball

    Super Stars of Sports: Baseball

    1 1991 HD

    Made in 1990, this compilation video highlights the "Best of the Best" in Baseball.

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  • 1920
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    Play Ball with Babe Ruth

    Play Ball with Babe Ruth

    1 1920 HD

    A serial of short instructional films using footage of Babe Ruth to explain the fundamentals of playing baseball.

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  • 1984
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    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    10 1984 HD

    Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually...

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  • 1997
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    Sports on the Silver Screen

    Sports on the Silver Screen

    10 1997 HD

    HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from...

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  • 1950
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    The Golden Twenties

    The Golden Twenties

    1 1950 HD

    Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.

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  • 2018
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    Always at The Carlyle

    Always at The Carlyle

    6.9 2018 HD

    The iconic Carlyle hotel has been an international destination for a particular jet set as well as a favorite haunt of the most discernible New...

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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

    Mel Allen hosts this look at Babe Ruth's life and career, focusing primarily on Ruth's years with the New York Yankees.

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  • 2022
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    Tokyo Giant: The Legend of Victor Starffin

    Tokyo Giant: The Legend of Victor Starffin

    1 2022 HD

    As a child, Victor Starffin fled the Russian Revolution and settled in Japan, where he grew up to find success as a baseball superstar. However, he...

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  • 1991
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    The Record Breakers

    The Record Breakers

    1 1991 HD

    Welcome to a hard driving video about the biggest winners of all, the athletes and teams who broken records in their sports.

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  • 1998
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    Race for the Record

    Race for the Record

    1 1998 HD

    Babe Ruth set a record in 1927 by hitting 60 home runs in one season. 34 years later, Roger Maris broke that record. Another 37 years passed before...

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  • 1927
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    Babe Comes Home

    Babe Comes Home

    1 1927 HD

    A baseball-styled sports filmed centered on Babe Ruth and Anna Q. It is considered a lost film.

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  • 1925
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    Ways to Strength and Beauty

    Ways to Strength and Beauty

    7.1 1925 HD

    The perfect body as an object of cult worship. Based on the mass sports and body worship movement of the 1920s, the film propagates physical training...

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  • 1932
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    Just Pals

    Just Pals

    1 1932 HD

    Babe Ruth plays ball with some kids.

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  • 1932
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    Slide, Babe, Slide

    Slide, Babe, Slide

    7 1932 HD

    Babe Ruth plays ball with some kids.

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