Babe Ruth - Unabridged Guide (ePub)

Complete, Unabridged Guide to Babe Ruth. Get the information you need--fast! This comprehensive guide offers a thorough view of key knowledge and detailed insight. It's all you need. Here's part of the content - you would like to know it all? Delve into this book today!..... : (February 6, 1895 - August 16, 1948), best known as Babe Ruth and nicknamed the Bambino and the Sultan of Swat, was an American baseball player who spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) playing for three teams (1914-1935). ...Probably his deepest hit in official game play (and perhaps the longest home run by any player), occurred on July 18, at Detroit's Navin Field, in which he hit one to straightaway center, over the wall of the then-single-deck bleachers, and to the intersection, some 575 feet (175 m) from home plate. ...The team won a then AL-record 110 games, a mark for a 154-game season surpassed by the 1954 Cleveland Indians (the 2001 Seattle Mariners now hold the record with 116 wins, though they played eight more games), took the AL pennant by 19 games, and swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series. ... In 1930, which was not a pennant year for the Yankees, Ruth was asked by a reporter what he thought of his yearly salary of $80,000 ($1. 11 million in current dollar terms) being more than President Hoover's $75,000. There is absolutely nothing that isn't thoroughly covered in the book. It is straightforward, and does an excellent job of explaining all about Babe Ruth in key topics and material. There is no reason to invest in any other materials to learn about Babe Ruth. You'll understand it all.Inside the Guide: Babe Ruth, 1962 New York Yankees season, 1961 World Series, 1961 New York Yankees season, 1958 New York Yankees season, 1956 New York Yankees season, 1953 New York Yankees season, 1952 New York Yankees season, 1951 New York Yankees season, 1950 New York Yankees season, 1949 New York Yankees season, 1948 New York Yankees season, 1939 New York Yankees season, 1936 in baseball, 1936 World Series, 1936 New York Yankees season, 1935 in baseball, 1935 New York Yankees season, 1934 in baseball, 1934 New York Yankees season, 1934 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, 1933 New York Yankees season, 1933 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, 1932 World Series, 1932 New York Yankees season, 1931 New York Yankees season, 1930 New York Yankees season, 1929 New York Yankees season, 1928 World Series, 1928 New York Yankees season, 1927 World Series, 1927 New York Yankees season, 1926 New York Yankees season, 1925 New York Yankees season, 1924 New York Yankees season, 1923 World Series, 1923 New York Yankees season, 1922 New York Yankees season, 1921 World Series, 1921 New York Yankees season, 1920 in baseball, 1920 New York Yankees season, 1919 in baseball, 1918 World Series, 1918 Boston Red Sox season, 1916 World Series, 1916 Boston Red Sox season, 1915 World Series, 1915 Boston Red Sox season