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George Herman Ruth Jr. was a professional major league baseball player. George Herman Ruth Jr. was born on February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland. George was also one of eight children, although only he and his sister Mamie survived. George Jr. early life as a child he was very bad and did things that would see him get into a lot of trouble. He would cause trouble in his neighborhood and also skip school. When George Jr. turned about 7 his parents thought it best to send him off to St. Mary’s Industrial School for Boys and it was a school run by Catholic monks. St. Mary’s helped George Jr.’s become a better person and helped him learn vocational skills. This was a school to help children become better in life later on in life and this place is where he also became in love with the game baseball. With the help of St. Mary, Babe found the sport he always wanted to play and he was good at it. Brother Matthias who was one of the monks at St. Mary’s liked George Jr.’s company and became somewhat a positive role to George Jr. and George Jr. would look up to him like a father figure. George Jr. became so …show more content…

Ruth who became a full-time outfielder was playing at his best helping his team whenever and wherever he can. He had unleashed a level of power that had never been seen before in the game of baseball. In 1919 while with the Red Sox, Ruth set a single-season home run record of 29. In 1920, his first year in New York, he knocked 54 home runs. Babe Ruth continued to create these records yet the athlete seemed determined to continue breaking his own records. In 1927, he outdid himself again by hitting 60 home runs in a season's time which was record that stood for 34 years. By this time, his presence was so great in New York that the new Yankee Stadium that was built in 1923 was dubbed "the house that Ruth

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