He was a worldwide celebrity, an international star, the likes of which baseball has never seen since," says broadcaster Ernie Harwell about Babe Ruth on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series.

NEW YORK – Whether or not Babe Ruth called his shot during the 1932 World Series, its mythic nature - linked to one of sports' most iconic figures - is undeniable. And to a memorabilia collector ...

George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Source: Getty. Babe Ruth was an American baseball legend whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 years and is considered one of the greatest of all time.

A Babe Ruth photo currently up for auction really knocks it out of the park. The image in question—a 1914 Baltimore Orioles team photo—is the earliest-known shot of Ruth as a professional ...

The jersey that legendary New York Yankees player Babe Ruth wore when he hit one of baseball’s most famous home runs sold for $24.12 million on Sunday — making it the world’s most valuable ...

Babe Ruth played between 1914 and 1935 and is considered to be one of the sport's greatest ever players A bat used by legendary baseball player Babe Ruth to hit his 500th home run has been sold at ...

Still, Ruth tore the place up, batting .411/.572/.805 at home. The competition for the title of Babe Ruth’s best season is crowded: For all of that, 1923 might have been Ruth’s crown jewel.

Yankees fans have spent decades leaving “offerings” at Babe Ruth’s grave — everything from baseballs, to baseball cards, to sunflower seeds, to bottles of whiskey hoping to bring the Bronx ...

They whiffed, scuffed, dinked and sometimes connected Thursday night in honor of the day that the Babe ... Ruth dynasty, thanks to a train stop in 1924. “It was almost like he was a cartoon ...

Even though he left baseball in 1935 and died 13 years later, Babe Ruth is still hitting home runs. Documents signed by Ruth, who held single-season and career home run records that stood for ...

Babe Ruth's popularity and fame were so widespread that even America's enemies knew of him. Almost a decade after he had bashed his last home run, his presence still was felt. Babe Ruth's record ...