It’s July 11, 1914, and this afternoon Babe Ruth will make his MLB debut as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
Babe Ruth, the early years
George Herman “Babe” Ruth born in 1895 is the greatest baseball player to have ever to play the game. He would go on to hit 714 home runs, 2,213 RBI’s, over 2,000 bases on balls, with a slugging percentage of .690 and an OPS of 1.164, two records that still stand today. He was not only a great baseball player but still, today stands as one of America’s greatest sports icons in American culture.