Babe Ruth was one of only two people to ever hit three home runs in a World Series game.

11 out of 226 voters excluded roth from their ballots during the first bseball hall of fame induction

By the time he was six years old, his father owned a saloon and wasn't able to watch his son very carefully so he used to get into trouble. Ruth was sent at the age of seven to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, a reformatory and orphanage where he was mentored by Brother Matthias Boutlier of the Xaverian Brothers, the school's disciplinarian and a capable baseball player.

Ruth holds the record for the longest complete game victory in World Series history. In 1916, Ruth went 14 innings to defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers…

quote 2: Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.- Babe Ruth

Babe and the Yankees were back in the World Series in 1932, playing the Chicago Cubs. There was no love lost between the Babe and Chicago fans. They jeered and spat upon him and his wife as they entered and left their hotel. As the Series progressed into its third game, the stage was set for one of the most remembered events in baseball history. In the first inning, Ruth hit a three-run homer off pitcher Charlie Root. When he came to bat again in the fifth, the crowd and the Chicago bench released a torrent of abuse upon him. Babe waved his arm and shouted something, though due to the loud noise, no one heard exactly what he said. Whether he was gesturing toward the Cubs bench, to Root or the fence beyond is anyone's guess. But what happened next is beyond doubt. On Root's next pitch, Ruth swung mightily and connected with a home run over the center field fence, farther than any home run had ever been hit at Wrigley Field. Had he really called his shot? He was evasive when questioned, responding with, "Why don't you read the papers? It's all right there." Years later a film of the event showed that the Babe was probably not signaling to the bleachers, but rather to his tormenters – the Cubs bench. Nevertheless, the legend of "The Called Shot" remains.