(A) He fought to change the rules of the game to allow three strikes for each batter.
(B) He fought for the rights of black players who wanted to play Major League Baseball.
(C) He brought baseball to America and made it popular by promoting the sport in schools.
(D) ** His record-breaking batting ability made baseball more popular, making it “America’s favorite pastime."
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Concept note-1: -Indeed, Ruth helped to introduce an offensive revolution in baseball. In the 1920s batting averages, home runs, and runs scored soared to new heights. Ruth was also to a large extent responsible for manning the great Yankee dynasty of the 1920s and early 1930s.
Concept note-2: -He is the greatest hitter ever; his . 690 career slugging percentage is 82 points higher than Reggie Jackson’s best season. Ruth dominated his era like no one else: His 54 home runs in 1920 were more than the next three players in his league combined, and only one American League team outhomered him that year.
Concept note-3: -Ruth first gained fame as a pitcher. Although best remembered for swatting a prodigious 714 home runs and slugging . 690, which remains a major-league record, Babe Ruth was one of baseball’s most dominant left-handed pitchers in the 1910s.