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MLB Players Weekend: New York’s Best Baseball Nicknames of All-Time

By Mike Vivalo

Sep 1, 2015; Boston, MA, USA; A bobble head doll of Babe Ruth on the field prior to a game between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 1, 2015; Boston, MA, USA; A bobble head doll of Babe Ruth on the field prior to a game between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports /
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1928: BABE RUTH OF THE NEW YORK YANKEES BASEBALL TEAM OPENS LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS OF CONGRATULATIONS ON HIS 34TH BIRTHDAY AT HIS DESK AS PRESIDENT OF MCGOVERN’s GYMNASIUM. Mandatory Credit: Allsport Hulton/Archive
1928: BABE RUTH OF THE NEW YORK YANKEES BASEBALL TEAM OPENS LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS OF CONGRATULATIONS ON HIS 34TH BIRTHDAY AT HIS DESK AS PRESIDENT OF MCGOVERN’s GYMNASIUM. Mandatory Credit: Allsport Hulton/Archive /

“The Babe”

A larger than life historical figure, George Herman Ruth was, is, and forever will be the #1 most iconic baseball figure of all-time.  We can spend days recounting Ruth’s incredible baseball feats, but I’ll just mention my two favorites: 1. In 1920, he personally out-homered 14 of the other 15 teams with 54 bombs!  Hall of Famer George Sisler was second in the league with 19.  2. As a pitcher in 1917, he went 24-13 with a 2.01 ERA in 326.1 innings and led the AL with 35 complete games.

ORIGIN: After being legally adopted by Baltimore Orioles owner Jack Dunn, players called him Dunn’s “New Babe”.

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