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About
Revered by many as the greatest baseball player of all time, he set career records for home runs, RBI, and bases on balls that have since been broken.
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Before Fame
When he was seven, his father sent him to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, which the police deemed unsuitable for children.
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Trivia Fact
He was a pitcher for the Red Sox and the Yankees, was known as The Great Bambino, The Sultan of Swat, and The Babe, and had a candy bar named after him in 1921.
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Family Life:
He married Helen Wooodford on October 17, 1914, and they adopted their only child, Dorothy, in 1921.
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Associated With
His record for most home runs in a season was surpassed by New York Yankee outfielder Roger Maris in 1961.
