Pleased birthday to one of the vital well-known athletes in American historical past, George Herman “Babe,” Ruth!
“The Nice Bambino,” began his profession as each a pitcher and outfielder for the Boston Pink Sox, however after being despatched to the New York Yankees for $25,000, the “Curse of the Bambino,” started for Boston and the Yankees had been launched on the trajectory that made them maybe essentially the most well-known franchise in skilled sports activities.
Ruth would go on to hit 714 residence runs, essentially the most in MLB historical past till he was handed by Henry Aaron in 1975. Ruth led MLB in residence runs 12 occasions over his 22 yr profession, and holds the all-time data in slugging proportion (.690) and an OPS (1.164). He additionally has seven World Sequence titles to his identify and is the one participant to win each an ERA title and a batting title in a profession.
Ruth retired after a quick return to Boston in 1935, and was amongst the primary gamers inducted into the Professional Baseball Corridor of Fame.
Which brings us to at the moment’s quiz. Whereas Ruth is not the all-time residence run chief for all of baseball, he’s nonetheless the king for the New York Yankees. With that being mentioned, are you able to identify the gamers to guide every MLB franchise in residence runs?
Good luck!
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