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Babe Ruth

1895 - 1948

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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. Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. In 1936, Ruth was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its "first five" inaugural members. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Babe Ruth is the 2nd most popular baseball player (down from 1st in 2019), the 1,015th most popular biography from United States (down from 574th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Baseball Player.

Babe Ruth is most famous for being a baseball player. He played for the New York Yankees and was a member of the Hall of Fame.

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Babe Ruth ranks 2 out of 91. Before him are Joe DiMaggio. After him are Jackie Robinson, Lou Gehrig, Sadaharu Oh, Cy Young, Hank Aaron, Alexander Cartwright, Ty Cobb, Ichiro Suzuki, Willie Mays, and Ted Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Babe Ruth ranks 51. Before him are Wilhelm Burgdorf, Vasily Blokhin, Oskar Dirlewanger, Stanley Rous, Jürgen Stroop, and Richard Barthelmess. After him are Dorothea Lange, Augusto César Sandino, Albert Göring, Dickinson W. Richards, Richard Walther Darré, and Nedeljko Čabrinović. Among people deceased in 1948, Babe Ruth ranks 30. Before him are Maria Mandl, Ruth Benedict, Jan Masaryk, Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Johannes Blaskowitz, and Karl Gebhardt. After him are Umberto Giordano, John J. Pershing, Kurt Schwitters, Georges Bernanos, Lizzie Magie, and Iwane Matsui.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Babe Ruth ranks 1,015 out of 20,380. Before him are Gary Gygax (1938), Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887), Joseph Barbera (1911), Jane Russell (1921), Richard Barthelmess (1895), and George Eastman (1854). After him are Bill Bixby (1934), William Hanna (1910), Dorothea Lange (1895), Lillian Gish (1893), Hulk Hogan (1953), and Karl Malden (1912).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Babe Ruth ranks 2. Before him are Joe DiMaggio (1914). After him are Jackie Robinson (1919), Lou Gehrig (1903), Cy Young (1867), Hank Aaron (1934), Alexander Cartwright (1820), Ty Cobb (1886), Willie Mays (1931), Ted Williams (1918), Mickey Mantle (1931), and Barry Bonds (1964).

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