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Babe Ruth

ベーブ・ルース　/　べーぶ・るーす

American baseball player

February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948　・　Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Maryland
baseball player

My Take

I rank Babe Ruth among the rare athletes who transcend their sport entirely. What fascinates me is not just the home runs but the fact that he began as an elite left-handed pitcher for Boston — the original two-way player, decades before the term existed. He turned baseball from a tactical, low-scoring game into a spectacle of power, and in doing so became a piece of American mythology. That he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom seventy years after his death tells you how durable that myth is. For me, Ruth is the template against which every larger-than-life sports star has been measured ever since.

Overview

George Herman "Babe" Ruth (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", he began his MLB career as a star left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Babe Ruth
Name (Japanese): ベーブ・ルース
Reading: べーぶ・るーす
Born: February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Goat
Origin: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: baseball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

1923 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
1933 Major League Baseball All-Star
1995 Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame
1997 Major League Baseball All-Time Team
1999 Major League Baseball All-Century Team
2018 Presidential Medal of Freedom

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttp://www.baberuth.com/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9

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