Babe Ruth George Herman Ruth Jr. was born on February 6, 1895 born to Kate and George Ruth. Originally his mom gave birth to eight children, but six died in infancy. Only him and his sister Mamie survived. As a young boy George didn’t receive as much attention as a regular little boy would need. He didn’t receive much attention because of his parents working their long hard hours to support their family. The first …showed first 75 words of 687 total…

…showed last 75 words of 687 total…t work. People loved Babe so much they declared April 27, “Babe Ruth Day” in every baseball park. In 1948 they retired his jersey and he put it on for one last time. On August 16, 1948 George lost his battle with cancer. If Babe Ruth was born about 50 years later he would have been a star in many sports. Maybe it was because of his rough childhood that he was successful in sports and he also loved children