AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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He fought to change the rules of the game to allow three strikes for each batter.
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He fought for the rights of black players who wanted to play Major League Baseball.
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He brought baseball to America and made it popular by promoting the sport in schools.
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His record-breaking batting ability made baseball more popular, making it “America’s favorite pastime."
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Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-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.