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- 10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time
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- In baseball: A national pastime
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- bases on balls
- Boston Red Sox
- called shot
- In Chicago Cubs
- New York Yankees
portrayal in
- “Babe Ruth Story, The”
- “Pride of the Yankees, The”
Additional Reading
Babe Ruth’s autobiography, The Babe Ruth Story (1948; rev. ed., 1992), written with Bob Considine, mixes anecdote and myth. The most reliable biographies are Robert W. Creamer, Babe: The Legend Comes to Life (1974); Marshall Smelser, The Life That Ruth Built (1975); and Leigh Montville, The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth (2006).
Interpretations of Ruth’s place in American life during the 20th century are presented in Leverett T. Smith, The American Dream and the National Game (1970; rev. ed., 1975); and Benjamin G. Rader, Baseball: A History of America’s Game (1992; 2nd ed., 2002).
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| Add new Web site: NPR - What's behind people's enduring interest in Babe Ruth. | Dec 04, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ESPN - Sports Century - Lovable Ruth was everyone's Babe. | Jun 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Teach Democracy - Babe Ruth: The Incorrigible Hero (PDF). | Feb 03, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Feb 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Baseball Almanac - MLB Stats for Babe Ruth. | Dec 12, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 05, 2024 | ||
| Added Ruth's stint as a coach with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1938. | Mar 01, 2024 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History - Babe Ruth. | May 23, 2022 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Nov 21, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mr.Nussbaum - Biography of Babe Ruth. | Mar 19, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Facts about Famous People - Babe Ruth Facts and Biography. | Mar 19, 2019 | ||
| Added sections within the article. | Nov 16, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 03, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Society for American Baseball Research - Babe Ruth. | Jul 25, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Baseball Hall of Fame - Biography of Babe Ruth. | May 23, 2013 | ||
| Added title variants "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat" and corrected various statistics throughout article. | Nov 14, 2012 | ||
| Added Leigh Montville's The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth. | Nov 14, 2012 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Entertainment - Biography of Babe Ruth. | Mar 01, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 26, 2009 | ||
| Article revised. | Jun 16, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 10, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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