"Babe" Ruth (1895-1948) was an American baseball star who is considered by many baseball experts to be the greatest baseball player in history. His career statistics rank him among the greatest players in the history of both Major League Baseball and of all major team sports. On May 6, 1927, with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, he hit his first ever grand slam home run in a game against the New York Giants. He became the only man to hit twenty-five home runs in a single season in 1927, when he hit thirty-seven homers
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He also finished that season with a then record sixty-three total bases, which stands as a record today. In 1928, he hit sixty-five home runs and drove in 132 runs. His career batting average was .356.
He earned his nickname "The Bambino", which means "Baby", from Italian immigrants who called him "babbo".