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By October 1934, after his final full season in the major leagues, Babe Ruth's fame stretched around the globe. He was among several all-star players, from Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx to Lefty Gomez and Charlie Gehringer, who visited Japan on a goodwill baseball tour.
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George Herman Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948)... popularly known as "Babe", "The Bambino", and "The Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914 to 1935. Named the greatest baseball player in history in various surveys and rankings, his home run hitting prowess and charismatic personality made him a larger than life figure in the "Roaring Twenties". He was the first player to hit 60 home runs in one season (1927), a record which stood for 34 years until broken by Roger Maris in 1961. Ruth's lifetime total of 714 home runs at his retirement in 1935 was a record for 39 years, until broken by Hank Aaron in 1974.
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Said Paul Godfrey, President and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays: "Babe Ruth is 'Mr. Baseball' and Canada's only Major League club wants to historically recognize the Bambino's first pro home run at Toronto's Hanlan's Point. This achievement is not only part of baseball history, but part of Toronto's history."
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In 1936, Ruth was one of the first five players elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Two years later, Larry MacPhail, the Brooklyn Dodgers general manager, offered him a first base coaching job in June. Ruth took the job but quit at the end of the season. The coaching position was his last job in Major League Baseball. His baseball career finally came to an end in 1943. In a charity game at Yankee Stadium, he pinch hit and drew a walk.
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As an everyday player, Ruth rewrote the record books. The league home run leader a record 12 times, he lost another title by four in 1922 when he missed the first six weeks of the season under suspension by Commissioner Landis for participating in a prohibited barnstorming tour. From 1926 through 1931 he averaged better than 50 home runs a year. Over the course of his career, he homered once every 11.76 plate appearances, well ahead of runner-up Ralph Kiner's one home run per 14.11 appearances. Ruth led the league in RBI six times, runs scored eight times, and walks 11 times. His 170 walks in 1923 and his career total of 2056 are still records.
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Babe Ruth Softball's structural hierarchy evolves from the very heart of the program: the local league. Local leagues are organized into Districts. Districts report to the State level. States are grouped into eight regions. District, State, and Regional Softball Commissioners provide guidance and direction for the areas under their jurisdiction.
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