How Babe Ruth got his nickname

Name: How Babe Ruth got his nickname
Uploaded: 2024-11-20T08:30:10
Duration: 38 s
Description: Sportswriters nicknamed Babe Ruth the Sultan of Swat because of his prodigious home-run totals.

Sportswriters nicknamed Babe Ruth the Sultan of Swat because of his prodigious home-run totals.

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NARRATOR: Sportswriters in the 1920s called Babe Ruth the "Sultan of Swat," because he hit so many home runs. Ruth played baseball for the Boston Red Sox from 1914 to 1920, when he was sold to the New York Yankees. With the Yankees Ruth led the American League in home runs for 12 years. In 1927 he hit 60 home runs. That record was not broken until 1961.