Why is Babe Ruth important?

Upon seeing George Jr. for the first time, the Orioles players referred to him as “Jack's newest babe”, and thus the most famous nickname in American sports history was born. Thereafter, George Herman Ruth Jr. was known as the Babe. read more

Saved the game of Baseball Babe Ruth Changed the game of baseball with his Home run hitting skills. He saved our national past time from ruin. Coming off the The "Black Sox" scandal of 1919 when the World Series was fixed by gamblers, It took the baseball heroics of Babe Ruth to bring the fans focus back to the game. read more

Babe Ruth, born as George Herman Ruth Jr., and his sister Mamie were the only two of George and Kate Ruth's eight children to survive childhood. George's parents worked long hours running a bar and so little George ran the streets of Baltimore, Maryland getting into trouble. read more

Long story short, he completely transformed how the game was played. Prior to Ruth’s ascendancy, baseball was an “inside” game with a lot of bunts, stolen bases, sacrifices, and manufactured runs. read more