My Blog...still baseball

Today I will be continuing my blog about baseball. Baseball is like a passion to me. I can never get tired of doing it. I am Going to talk about a legendary baseball player. He was a very good baseball player until he died of cancer. His name George Herman Ruth, Jr. In other words known as "Babe Ruth". He was born of February 6 1895, and died August 16 1948. Named the greatest baseball player in history in various surveys and rankings, his home run hitting prowess and charismatic personality made him a larger than life figure in the "Roaring Twenties". He was the first player to hit 60 home runs in one season (1927), a record which stood for 34 years until broken by Roger Maris in 1961. Ruth's lifetime total of 714 home runs at his retirement in 1935 was a record for 39 years, until broken by Hank Aaron in 1974. In 1936, Ruth became one of the first five players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Ruth started to play in the outfield and at First Base so he could help the team on a day-to-day basis as a hitter. In 1919, appearing in 111 games as an outfielder, he hit 29 Home runs to Ned Williamson's record for a single season.In 1920 Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold Ruth to the New York Yankees. In his next 15 seasons in New York, Ruth led the league or placed in the top ten in batting average,slugging percentage,runs, , total bases,home runs,RBI`s and walks several times.