[Player file : Ruth, George Herman, 1914- / compiled by the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.].

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[Player file : Ruth, George Herman, 1914- / compiled by the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.].

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Player file includes material documenting his baseball career and personal life. These items include newspaper and magazine articles, biographical material, press releases, copies of original documents and other sundry items. File contents: folder 1 (miscellaneous & undated); folder 2 (miscellaneous & undated); folder 3 (miscellaneous & undated); folder 4 (1914-1959); folder 5 (1960-1979); folder 6 (1980- ); folder 7 (scrapbook from 1924 west coast tour); folder 8 (statistics); folder 9 (magazine articles); folder 10 (called shot); folder 11 (letters); folder 12 (Boston Globe files).

12 folders.

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Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

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George Herman Ruth was born February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland to Katherine and George Herman Ruth Sr. In 1902, Ruth was sent to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, an orphanage and reformatory, at the age of seven to teach him discipline. It was here that he learned to play baseball. He signed a contract with the minor league Baltimore Orioles in 1914. Ruth received his nickname "Babe" when his minor league teammates referred to him as manager Jack Dunn's new babe. He began his ma...