“Babe” Ruth was born George Herman Ruth, Jr. on February 6, 1895 at 216 Emory Street in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the son of a saloonkeeper in Baltimore, Maryland who lived a far from happy childhood. George was one of eight children, but only he and one sister survived childhood. His parents’ life focused on the saloon that was located at what is now center field at the Baltimore Orioles’ Camden Yards. When Babe was just seven years old, his father turned custody of his son over to the Xaverian brothers who ran St. Mary’s Industrial School in Baltimore.
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