USA HISTORY

This person played baseball for the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. He held the major league record for the most home runs until 1974. Who is the famous baseball player?

(A) Henry Ford

(B) Langston Hughes

(C) ** Babe Ruth

(D) Louis Armstrong

Concept note-1: -Ruth retired in 1935 after a partial season with the Boston Braves, ending his 22-year big league career with 714 home runs. His lifetime statistics also include 2, 873 hits, 506 doubles, 2, 174 runs, 2, 214 RBI, a . 342 batting average, a . 474 on-base percentage and a .

Concept note-2: -Ruth made his Major League debut as a left-handed pitcher with the Red Sox in July 1914 and pitched 89 winning games for the team before 1920, when he was traded to the New York Yankees. After Ruth left Boston, in what became known as “the curse of the Bambino, ” the Red Sox didn’t win another World Series until 2004.

Concept note-3: -George Herman “Babe” Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was a famous baseball player during the 1910s and 1930s in Major League Baseball. He played with the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and the Boston Braves, and hit 714 home runs in his career.

Concept note-4: -While his exploits with the New York Yankees are well documented, it was Ruth’s time as a member of the Boston Red Sox – where he spent the first six of his 22 big league seasons – when he first captured the imagination of baseball fans.