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Henry Louis Gehrig mainly known as Lou Gehrig is one of the best baseball players to ever step on the diamond. He played all 17 of his seasons for the New York Yankees, and wore the number 4. As a child Gehrig suffered very repeating occurrences of epileptic seizures. His childhood illness would eventually come back later in his life to play a huge factor of his early retirement.

In 1927, Ruth hit 60 home runs, breaking his own record, and setting a new one that would endure for decades (Roger Maris broke it in 1961). With an exceptional year, he assumed almost mythic status, and was nicknamed “The Sultan of Swat,” “The Home Run King,” and “Herman the Great.”

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Although there were many greats in the 1920s, without a doubt, George "Babe" Ruth was the first and most famous out of all the heroes presented in this time. Ruth changed the whole game of baseball. Ruth was traded to the Yankees from the Red Sox on January 3, 1920 for $125,000. This was more than double the highest price paid for a player. The country had just come out of war, and the basic morale was low. Sports however, lightened the spirits

In the late 1860s, a hodgepodge of Troy players (actually from North Troy which was then called Unionsburgh) barnstormed around the state. They kicked ass and won over 80% of their games. They went down to play the New York Mutuals, and the big city fans couldn’t believe that “we lost to a bunch of haymakers.” The name stuck and the Troy Haymakers joined the National Association in 1871. Their best player (and also a civil war vet) was player-manager Williams H. “Bill” Craver who played catcher. The next year they were managed by Jimmy Wood who was thought to be the first Canadian to play American professional baseball. But after only two years the team folded, and Troy had no team until 1879 when the Troy Trojans joined the National League

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George Herman Ruth Jr. was known to us as Babe Ruth. He was one of the most decorated athletes of all time even though he had a troubled beginning. His baseball career spanned for twenty-two seasons from 1914-1935 and playing for three different teams.

In 1949, he became the leader in stolen bases and earned the National League 's Most Valuable Player Award(MVP).

(“ Wartime Baseball - Not That Bad") .Many people thought players were not good enough to play but players who made it to the big leagues during the war was talented enough to keep their place on the team after formal big leaguers returned. All the emphasis of baseball during war was negative because of how people perceived it. Everyone had an opportunity to play, one arms player, alcoholics, young, old, deaf players. They were less talented players who were brought up to fill out the rosters when the regulars were volunteered or were drafted. Many of the fills in players were faded out quickly when he ruler returned. When choking over our wartime players' list, we found that 45 played on one or more pennant winners, ten became major league managers, and 34 were selected to one or more All- Stars teams (“Wartime Baseball- Not That Bad"). Although many players were not as good as the regular many had help baseball out. Like base stealing was revived by George Case, George Sternness, and veteran Wally Moses; less dependence on the homerun. Eddie Stinky set a NL record with 148 walks in 1945. George Kill was a wartime player and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1983 for his batting average. Even though they were some talented players, they were some very less talented player. Danny Gabriella became very well known for being struck in the head by a baseball he was supposed to catch. Even know baseball

of all time. Babe had a 92 and 44 record, 67.6%, and a 2.24 career earned- run

In 1949, Babe Ruth was honored with the Babe Ruth Award for the player with the best World Series performance. 1934 was Babe Ruth’s last season with The Yankees. He hit a .288 average with 22 homeruns. On February 26, 1935, Babe Ruth was traded to The Boston Braves. On May 30, 1935, Babe Ruth played his final game. He struck out at

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Baseball is widely known as the “national pastime” in the 1920’s. It was by far the most popular sport of the era. The most famous athlete in the country at the time was George Herman, commonly known as Babe Ruth. The right fielder for the New York Yankees hit homerun after