George Herman Ruth acquired the nickname 鈥淏abe鈥� while playing for the Baltimore Orioles, a minor league team in 1914, when he was referred to by a team scout as 鈥渙ne of [manager] Jack Dunn鈥檚 babes.鈥� Ruth鈥檚 big-league career began at midseason that year when the Orioles of the International League sold him and two others players to the Red Sox for $8,000.
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12 things you probably don鈥檛 know about Babe Ruth
With 2014 being the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Baseball Hall of Fame, the shrine naturally has turned to the game鈥檚 greatest star to help mark the occasion with its newest exhibit, 鈥�Babe Ruth: His Life and Legend.鈥� 2014 also marks the 100th anniversary of the Babe's debut in the major leagues. But if you you can鈥檛 make it to Cooperstown, N.Y., here are some lesser-known facts about the sport鈥檚 real-life Paul Bunyan.
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1. How he became the Babe
