Fifty years after his death and nearly 2000 miles from where he played most of the time, Ruth remains a center of exhibits at the Legends of Game Museum at the Ballpark in Arlington.
George Herman " Babe" Ruth
Fifty years after his death and nearly 2000 miles from
where he played most of the time, Ruth remains a center of
exhibits at the Legends of Game Museum at the Ballpark in
Arlington.
The Baseball Hall of Fame offers a biographical sketch, stats and a view of his Hall of Fame plaque..
See the 1998 article of William Gildea of the Washington Post "There's No Surpassing Ruth."
The Sporting News offers an exhibit of the works of photographer, Charles M. Conlon includes some early pictures of the Babe.
In 1998 Sports Illustrated remembered Ruth with seven images and some insightful comments at its "Babe Ruth The Colossus" exhibit. In 1999 readers voted Ruth the Century's best. (See, Bow to the Bambino)
Some early photographs of the Babe are available at The Library of Congress and Chicago Historical Society exhibit Photographs from the Chicago Daily News which offers a host of baseball images of parks and personalities from 1900-1933.
The two best biographies of Ruth: Robert Creamer's Babe and Marshall Smelser's, The Life that Ruth Built are both still in print and well worth reading and or owning.
This page was last updated
January 23, 2004
Background image, an old-timer (George
Herman Ruth) takes his cuts,
during the 1940s. Photo provided by William R. Conroy.